From DNS with love!
Frederic Cambus March 23, 2012 [DNS]So what's with the title? Well, that's right, querying OpenDNS servers directly for a specially crafted string will display a cute ASCII love message!
Unless you try it today, you probably won't be able to check it by yourself, as this has been only live for a few weeks and is scheduled to be turned off tomorrow, but nonetheless I'm pretty sure it's bound to reappear someday. Maybe for next year Valentine's Day?
So here is how to trigger it:
dig @208.67.222.222 fred+diana=love txt +bufsize=4096
And here is the output:
; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-P3 <<>> @208.67.222.222 fred+diana=love txt +bufsize=4096
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 31952
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 35, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;fred+diana=love. IN TXT
;; ANSWER SECTION:
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMMM MMMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMM MMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOXXXXXXMMMM MMMMXXXXXXOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXMMM MMMXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXMMMXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOXOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXOOOOOOOO OOOOO OOOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXOOOOOOO O OOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXOOOOOOO FRED OOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT "MMMXXXXXOOOOOO + OOOOOOOXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXOOOOOOO DIANA OOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOXXXMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOXXXMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOXXXXXXXXXXMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMXXXXXXXXXXXOXXXXXXXXXXXMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMMXXXXXXXMMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMMXMMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMMMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " MMM"
FRED\000DIANA\000love. 0 IN TXT " M"
;; Query time: 78 msec
;; SERVER: 208.67.222.222#53(208.67.222.222)
;; WHEN: Fri Mar 23 19:36:50 2012
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 2678
Isn't it lovely? I must say it delighted me, and those who know about my areas of interest will understand why for sure!