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Encrypted DNS using DNSCrypt

Anurag Bhatia
Writing this post from my hotel room in Kathmandu. I found that many of the servers appear to be DNS resolvers which is unusual. Have a look at these weird DNS replies: dig @anuragbhatia.com . ns +short a.root-servers.net. b.root-servers.net. c.root-servers.net. d.root-servers.net. e.root-servers.net. f.root-servers.net. g.root-servers.net. h.root-servers.net. i.root-servers.net. j.root-servers.net. k.root-servers.net. l.root-servers.net. m.root-servers.net. dig @google.com . ns +short b.root-servers.net. c.root-servers.net. d.root-servers.net. e.root-servers.net. f.root-servers.net. g.root-servers.net. h.root-servers.net. i.root-servers.net. j.root-servers.net. k.root-servers.net. l.root-servers.net. m.root-servers.net. a.root-servers.net. This seems unusual and is the result of basically port 53 DNS hijack.