Episode 776 transcript

FLOSS-776 Jonathan: This is Floss Weekly, episode 756, recorded Wednesday, March 27th. DNSmask, making the internet work since 1999. This week, Simon Phipps joins me and we talk with Simon Kelly, the creator and sole maintainer of DNSmask. It's a program you may not have heard of, but it probably runs in your router. It probably runs in your cell phone and it definitely makes the internet work. You don't want to miss learning about it. So stay tuned. Hey, welcome. It is time for Floss Weekly. It's a show about free, libre, and open source software. I'm Jonathan Bennett, your host, and I've got Simon Phipps with me today. Hey, Simon, welcome. Simon Phipps: Hello. It's good to be back. Jonathan: It's always a pleasure to have you here. Now, today we might refer to Simon Phipps as WebMink because our guest is also Simon, Simon Kelly of DNS mask fame. Now, Simon WebMink, this is going to get confusing. I don't know. Have you, are you familiar with DNS mask? I can, I can basically guarantee that you've used it before, because this is one of those projects that is in lots and lots of, well, routers is actually one of the big places it's at, but are you familiar with it? Simon Phipps: I t…