Brutkey

B'ad Samurai 🐐

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange

DNS TXT isn't just for malware, C2s and exfil. It can be fun too!
ASCII art (Resolve-DnsName -Type TXT run-dns.never.watch).Strings | Sort
Storing encodings 🐱.never.watch
Mazes! (Resolve-DnsName -Type TXT maze.never.watch).Strings | Sort
QR codes (Resolve-DnsName -Type TXT qr.never.watch).Strings -replace '#','█' | Sort
Trolling/activism ··⧸··⧸.never.watch
Guitar tabs
Playlists/reading lists
Geocities-era guest books

#dns

Output of the above powershells for ASCII art, maze and QR code

Patrick Mevzek
@pmevzek@framapiaf.org

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange Lots of examples from @pgl@infosec.exchange in his recent presentation: https://www.icann.org/en/engagement-calendar/details/icann-webinar-series-for-europe-bizarre-and-unusual-uses-of-the-dns-2025-05-21 and his former study: https://labs.ripe.net/author/pgl/the-joy-of-txt/

B'ad Samurai 🐐

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange

@pmevzek@framapiaf.org @pgl@infosec.exchange just went through the slides and that looks like a great presentation! Thank you.

Peter Lowe
@pgl@infosec.exchange

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange @pmevzek@framapiaf.org

I'm doing this presentation in a couple of hours.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peterlowe_dns-activity-7360402844820078597-rUn-

Peter Lowe
@pgl@infosec.exchange

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange Done - and mentioned you, B'ad.

Peter Lowe
@pgl@infosec.exchange

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange Recording will go up on YouTube at some point here:
https://www.youtube.com/@419consulting

B'ad Samurai 🐐

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange

@pgl@infosec.exchange awesome! Looking forward to it.

Peter Lowe
@pgl@infosec.exchange

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=turW5R01vOE

B'ad Samurai 🐐

@badsamurai@infosec.exchange

@pgl@infosec.exchange that's a great collection.

Here's my DNS Mad Libs :)

https://ttl.ninja/madlibs/madlibs.html