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An agent used DNS to reach an external chatbot

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  1. fragmede · · focus · HN ↗
    > Discovery: Sep 20, 2026

    Shit, do we also have to tell them about IP-over-ICMP?

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stuff.mit.edu&#x2F;afs&#x2F;sipb&#x2F;user&#x2F;golem&#x2F;tmp&#x2F;ptunnel-0.61.orig&#x2F;web&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;stuff.mit.edu&#x2F;afs&#x2F;sipb&#x2F;user&#x2F;golem&#x2F;tmp&#x2F;ptunnel-0.61.o...

    &gt; Last updated: May 26. 2005

    gdb, OpenAI&#x27;s president was at MIT circa then.

    1. itintheory · · focus · HN ↗
      Seems like this requires operating a proxy somewhere. In TFA it seems like all they needed was a DNS client, but I&#x27;m not at all clear how that could work. I&#x27;m definitely curious about the technique though.
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