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gloria_mundi
on July 29, 2023
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Why is DNS still hard to learn?
There are 13 root name server addresses, but most (all?) of these use anycast, i.e. there are actually several servers with the same address, and your traffic will usually be routed to the one closest to you. There are over 1500 root name servers.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_name_server
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