While working on a custom DNS64 implementation for DNS over TLS, I realized that the rumors are true. Google will shutdown its services and focus on its core project: the 8.8.8.8 DNS server.

XKCD comic linked in DNS resonse

It has to be true. It says so in Google’s own DNS response.

$ dig txt dns.google
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;dns.google.			IN	TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:
dns.google.		282	IN	TXT	"https://xkcd.com/1361/"
dns.google.		282	IN	TXT	"v=spf1 -all"

While I’m not the first to discover this easter egg, I thought it would be nice to share it with you.