nwrickert
sand groper
Premium,MVM
join:2004-09-04
Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
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Re: If You Block A Root DNS Server
You are correct that lookups are recursive. However, the recursion is typically done by your ISP's DNS servers and not by the end-user system. It doesn't affect you unless you are running your own DNS server, or are manually doing recursion (via a command line lookup, such as using the "+trace" flag in "dig". |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Right, thanks for making that clear. My point for the OP was that there's no way to opt out of this data-collection. You would normally never hit the root servers directly, and nothing you could do locally could prevent the servers you send queries to from consulting them when needed. |
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