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My IP over DNS

A resolver query that reports the client address it sees.

client IPresolverTXT records

Screenshot used in the talk for My IP over DNS
Screenshot used in the original talk.

“What is my IP?” is often a web-page task. DNS services from OpenDNS and Google also made it available through a resolver query.

The answer can differ from the address a device expects because it reports the address visible to the resolver. That makes it a useful diagnostic as well as a neat DNS trick.