https://old.bill.dev/tags/reading/ Recent content in Reading on Bill Glover Hugo en-gb hello@bill.dev (Bill) hello@bill.dev (Bill) Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:27:35 +0100 https://old.bill.dev/2021/01/15/oblivious-dns-practical-privacy-for-dns-queries/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:00:00 +0000hello@bill.dev (Bill) https://old.bill.dev/2021/01/15/oblivious-dns-practical-privacy-for-dns-queries/ <p>I&rsquo;ve decided to start reading more technical papers. First up, is the paper that introduces Oblivious DNS, a privacy centric alternative to DNS. These are my notes.</p> <p>The Domain Name System (DNS) works wonders for the modern internet. Created in 1983 by Paul Mockapetris, DNS provided a scalable way to map names to addresses on the ARPANET. When DNS works well we take it for granted. Yet there are scenarios when threats to the integrity of DNS can cause havoc.</p>