**Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah** @Terxbor@computerfairi.es · Feb 28, 2018, 05:03

**Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah** @Terxbor@computerfairi.es · Feb 28, 2018, 05:03

Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah @Terxbor@computerfairi.es

Feb 28, 2018, 05:03

Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah @Terxbor@computerfairi.es

@iliana
Please explain the concept of a DNS API to me without involving iliana? (That is, remove her username from your reply?)

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 28, 2018, 05:08

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 28, 2018, 05:08

Feb 28, 2018, 05:08

jess, public figure @catoutofbed@octodon.social

@Terxbor
so
computers only know how to find eachother with numbers
but people don't like numbers, they like names
so your computer remembers a couple of numbers
and it asks the servers at those numbers to translate the names into numbers

this is how jess.coffee turns into 158.69.207.16

and then it gets waaaaaay more complicated

**Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah** @Terxbor@computerfairi.es · 2018-02-28T05:09:17Z

Terxbor (also Formedras) | The Eternal Pariah @Terxbor@computerfairi.es

@catoutofbed
Well, I get the ba... wait a minute, DNS is itself an API, isn't it? I asked a question I already knew the answer to. Damn.

Feb 28, 2018, 05:09 · · · ·

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 28, 2018, 05:09

**jess, public figure** @catoutofbed@octodon.social · Feb 28, 2018, 05:09

Feb 28, 2018, 05:09

jess, public figure @catoutofbed@octodon.social

@Terxbor
hehehe
i think what iliana is looking for is a way to automate some of the configuring of dns entries

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