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		sgjohnson 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Pirac... > To some extent it is decentralized is it not? No. Everything relies on the root servers, as recursive servers rely on them.

cryptonector 6 months ago [–]

But you can run your own root servers.

sgjohnson 6 months ago | [–]

And what good does that do?

cryptonector 6 months ago | | [–]

Prevents some MITM attacks. You can also run your own TLDs where the registries are public enough.

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