Post by @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
At the core of the global internet are the DNS root servers. These 13 go-to places are at the top of authority when it comes to making sure you can connect to any server with a domain name. What you might not know is that 10 of these 13 root servers are ultimately under US jurisdiction. Should that worry you? I guess not, the current system is quite robust. But I deal in risk assessment and probabilities. And I think this isn't an ideal setup.
@jwildeboer There are some internationally run & managed recursive DNS resolvers like 9.9.9.9 that I would have confidence in.
@jwildeboer @dneary No, recursive revolvers can't resolve anything that the root servers don't tell them about.
@kevin @jwildeboer This is true. Root resolvers are king - this is a user-friendly, privacy and security-conscious option instead of 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, or 8.8.4.4. @jwildeboer What is autistici.org?
@dneary autistici.org was one of the main sites of A/I from Italy. The domain name was deleted from DNS without warning, raising questions about how far the US administration can and will go. See https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/117200308433923512 for more context. @kevin
Jan Wildeboer 😷
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PIR, the Public Interest Registry ("Based in Reston, Virginia, Public Interest Registry is a nonprofit organization created by the Internet Society to manage the .ORG domain."), seems to have put autistici.org on status serverHold and that is why you cannot resolve their name anymore. This is what can happen to your .org domain name when the Trump administration decides to add you to the OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) list.