I owe an Anon an apology. Yesterday I asked how to convert a URL to and IP address in Linux and he replied "dig".

I thought he was being a smartass ala "lurk moar" or "Dig for the answer yourself". He was not. Here's how it looks:

usrname@computername:~$ dig https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/

; <<>DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.5-Ubuntu <<>> https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/

;; global options: +cmd

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 57976

;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:

; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/. IN A

;; ANSWER SECTION:

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/. 10 IN A 198.105.244.228

https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/. 10 IN A 198.105.254.228

;; Query time: 35 msec

;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53)

;; WHEN: Sun Feb 24 11:10:45 EST 2019

;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 91

I strongly suggest that all Anons use this process to make written notes as to the location of any website you find essential. In the event of a melt down of ICANN, you can route around their name and number servers. It is ALMOST as convenient as surfing using the names IF YOU HAVE THE NUMBER. The internet was designed to survive a nuclear attack by using these numbers, but the ICANN servers are a vulnerable bottleneck. They were designed for convenience and work well in that regard, but we've come to rely on that convenience and are ill-prepared for the day it is not available.