dns txt records as a storage medium (desec / duckdns / freedns)

Free allowance: Works as a protocol but the ceiling is ~1 MB per name: one RRset allows max 4091 record values and 64,000 characters total after JSON encoding, and RRset writes are capped at 300/day/domain.
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: not stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Works as a protocol but the ceiling is ~1 MB per name: one RRset allows max 4091 record values and 64,000 characters total after JSON encoding, and RRset writes are capped at 300/day/domain. unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded

Evidence 3

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	desec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dns/rrsets.html	the text of Free tier, above
2026-10-21	desec.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rate-limits.html	cited as the basis of the rejection: Works as a protocol but the ceiling is ~1 MB per name: one RRset allows max 4091 record values and 64,000 characters total after JSON encoding, and RRset writes are capped at 300/day/domain.
2026-10-21	desec.io/	cited as the basis of the rejection: Works as a protocol but the ceiling is ~1 MB per name: one RRset allows max 4091 record values and 64,000 characters total after JSON encoding, and RRset writes are capped at 300/day/domain.

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dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "Works as a protocol but the ceiling is ~1 MB per name: one RRset allows max 4091 record values and 64,000 characters total after JSON encoding, and RRset writes are capped at 300/day/domain.","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

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