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by Ajedi32 3445 days ago
The problem is that

> Tor should include a special DNS resolver that does anyway

Would be pointless, given that the spec says:

> Applications that do not implement the Tor protocol SHOULD generate an error upon the use of .onion and SHOULD NOT perform a DNS lookup.

So according to this spec, even if you did implement a special DNS resolver, only TOR-aware applications would be able to use it, and that's pointless since TOR-aware applications can connect to `.onion` services without using DNS at all.