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by kijin 3308 days ago
As well as forge an SSL certificate for *.wikipedia.org.

Last time I checked, Wikipedia had HSTS enabled. So trying to forge their DNS without also forging their SSL certificate would be equivalent to total censorship for anybody who has previously visited Wikipedia.

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Assuming the government in question has access to a root certificate this should be possible.
Even presuming it is possible, it still raises the cost of censorship. Simply raising that cost is a good thing.