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For someone who isn't particularly familiar with DNS, what are the implications of this?

That their intranet/internet is apparently pretty small, comprising only a few dozen domains, run off five Nameservers.

Also cooks.org.kp. I really want to go to the Facing grand slam popular restaurant, previously the Flavour bases loaded restaurant, but they're really embracing their new name apparently. http://cooks.org.kp/restaurants.php?rID=21

Yeah, looks like someone high up has a food obsession...

Well, the glorious leader does seem to be getting quite... globious in recent years.

Their pictogram of a phone in 2016 is a rotary phone.

Sure, but while not quite the same level, my voicemail icon is a reel-to-reel tape and lots of "save" icons are floppy disks.

My wife and I occasionally wonder if our one year old will think we're crazy when we talk about "taping" a show.

No, probably (s)he'll complete accept it and not even give a thought to its etymology. It's just the word that names that action.

Probably about as crazy as your dad was when he was writing a file to disk, or when you post something on Facebook.

Well, technically it's still a POST request.

Which is exactly as retro!

At my workplace, we route video and audio over Cat5 to specialized PCs with capture cards, running software that records and then streams or uploads to a video content server where people can log into an account and view a list of presentations on a content management application.

They still email to ask if I can tape their upcoming event.

Sorry, I need a little more explanation.

Are you saying that North Korea would otherwise be keeping these domains out of sight from users that aren't in North Korea? So now that these domains are out there anyone can view them and lurk/spy/gather info?

You'd need to know those domains exist to resolve them.

This unusual (mis-) configuration allowed to enumerate those domains exhaustively.

So if I had a friend in North Korea and they told me about one of those domains, I would not have been able to resolve it in my browser?

But now that this has happened anyone can?

Rather, if you had a friend in North Korea and they told you about the domains, you WOULD be able to resolve them.

Now that this has happened, you know all of the domain names and no longer need a friend in North Korea to tell you what they are.

And/or what can be learned from the leaked data?

What websites they have?

airkoryo.com.kp.

cooks.org.kp. // receips are important

friend.com.kp. // facebook clone? :D

gnu.rep.kp. // yay at least their software is free

kass.org.kp.

kcna.kp.

kiyctc.com.kp.

knic.com.kp.

koredufund.org.kp.

korelcfund.org.kp.

korfilm.com.kp. // movie4k clone at least there it is legal, lol

ma.gov.kp.

masikryong.com.kp.

naenara.com.kp.

nta.gov.kp.

portal.net.kp. // yahoo clone ;)

rcc.net.kp.

rep.kp.

rodong.rep.kp.

ryongnamsan.edu.kp.

sdprk.org.kp.

silibank.net.kp.

star-co.net.kp.

star-di.net.kp.

star.co.kp.

star.edu.kp.

star.net.kp.

vok.rep.kp.

don't seem that much

> korfilm.com.kp.

That 1990s style animated banner.. THE PYONGYANG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. I bet a ton of celebs visit that!

Red carpet doesn't get redder than this.

That said they had some surprising entries:

> In 2006, the Swedish horror comedy Frostbiten was shown at the festival, the first foreign horror film to ever be shown in North Korea.

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Who wouldn't?

The Kim family has always placed a high priority on making movies. I believe it started out as a propaganda angle, as it has been in most communist countries (well...anywhere, really) and has sense moved onto full on fandom. The DPRK spends a good chunk of change on film production. Kim Jong-Il went so far as to kidnap a South Korean film director and actress.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abduction_of_Shin_Sang-ok_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_North_Korea

> friend.com.kp. // facebook clone? :D

It's apparently "The website of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries".[0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kp#Usage

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