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by 9ac345a5509a 4674 days ago
"For an even more useless, albeit fun Easter Egg, try querying for the CH record for whois.cloudflare against one of our name servers."

    $ dig ch whois.cloudflare @emma.ns.cloudflare.com
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                                  IIIIIIIIIIIII                              "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                               IIIII,,,,,,,,,IIIII                           "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                             III?::::::::::::::::III    I                    "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                            III:::::::::::::::::::::III I      I             "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                           III~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~III II I I   I          "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                         II?=======IIIIIIIIIII========III? ???I  I           "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "                 III    III+++++IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII++++++II????????   I        "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "              IIIIIIIIIIII????IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII????III?????? ??I         "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "             III,::~=++IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII???????? ?III     "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "            III:~=+IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII??????????        "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "            II==+IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII???IIIIIIIIII++++????????II    "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "            II??IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII????IIII~:~++????         "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "        IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII+=:,.IIIIIIIII?II        "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "       IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII??++++~~=+I~~::,IIII     "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "     IIII=====++IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII??????IIIIIIIII???+===~~::III   "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "   III======IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII???IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?III++==~III  "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "  III===IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?IIIII+++III "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    "  II==777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777I77777??II "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    " II=777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777III "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    " II$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$II "
    whois.cloudflare.    86400    CH    TXT    " IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII "