[dba-Tech] DNS fronting

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi All; again...

Here is an example, below, of a website that uses this technology and supposedly provide free secure access internet (they may suspect the Russian but no one will ever know for sure) but many of these type of sites may be temporarily halted, in the near future, as Google, Amazon and Microsoft start closing these ports. But there are many internet companies that make a good income supporting this technology; CloudFlare (https://www.cloudflare.com/) comes to mind.

Example: http://inkpadnotepad.appspot.com/

Jim

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PS: Here are another couple of related links:

https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/803-Domain-Fronting.html

...and...

https://blog.torproject.org/domain-fronting-critical-open-web

Jim

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DNS Fronting has provided protection and security to many internet organizations who post from within restrictive regimes or for any business not wanting to tracked or blocked. Many large companies have these features built into their internet infrastructure.

It is almost like using a subnet address. Countries wishing to block the free flow of information or stop what can be described as piracy find it almost impossible to do so. If an company/country blocks the "subnet" they block the entire domain; for example; they block Google and then all legitimate business grinds to a halt. An unacceptable price to pay in our modern world. 

I found this subject fascinating and if you are interested, check out the following article:

https://www.bamsoftware.com/papers/fronting/

Jim

 
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