I've just read the Internet Society's new paper on DNS blocking, aimed at lawyers.
https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Mandated-DNS-Blocking-Full-Paper.pdf
It is a reasonable ...
Now, I appreciate that this example is using both a domain name and an IP address intended for documentation:
> DNS translates human-readable
names (such as “example.com”) into IP addresses (e.g., 203.0.113.42)
But, in context, would it not have made sense to use the actual IP address from the A/AAAA record for example.com, to avoid confusing anyone playing along at home?
> DNS translates human-readable
names (such as “example.com”) into IP addresses (e.g., 203.0.113.42)
But, in context, would it not have made sense to use the actual IP address from the A/AAAA record for example.com, to avoid confusing anyone playing along at home?
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