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Simple Remedy: write down the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for your favorite sites (e.g., 209.157.64.200 for FR) and substitute that in the URL in the address you are seeking (e.g., http://209.157.64.200/tag/*/index) and voila! you are connected without using DNS to resolve the alphabetic host name.

You can find the IP address by connecting to a site normally now, and opening a command window in Windows and using the netstat command to see where your http session is connected. (MAC has a way also but it eludes me).

I have a list of all the sites I use daily so I can bypass DNS if needed. Comodo offers a secure DNS that will likely prevail even if the fabled root servers get attacked (see http://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/ for info). Internet is survivable in the extreme. Pretend you are Chinese and trying to stream Rush. Be inventive.

Nobody likes a know-it-all.

“Nobody likes a know-it-all.”

Speak for yourself!! Mikey likes it.

Just bookmarked FR, using the IP address, if I learned how to do that right, from the helpful “know it all”:

http://209.157.64.200/tag/*/index?tab=articles

That should be the way to read FR, even if the DNS serveras were somehow down.

Mods if I got the IP wrong using that approach, please delete the post...