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LocalRoot: Serve Yourself

Abstract

LocalRoot – Serve Yourself Page 1 LocalRoot – Serve Yourself Wes Hardaker [email protected] USC / ISI Page 2 What Is LocalRoot? ● A project to let you: – Run recursive resolvers with pre-cached root data – Eventually other data too Page 3 Classic DNS Resolution Clients ISP root DNS Infrastructure org com icann example Resolver Page 4 Classic DNS Resolution: Request 1 Clients ISP root DNS Infrastructure org com icann example www.example.com? www.example.com? www.example.com? w w w .exam ple.com ? Cache ● com ● example.com Resolver Page 5 Classic DNS Resolution: Request 2 Clients ISP root DNS Infrastructure org com icann example www.icann.org ? www.icann.org? www.icann.org? w w w .icann.org? Cache ● com ● example.com ● org ● icann.org Resolver Page 6 Classic DNS Resolution: Request 3 Clients ISP root DNS Infrastructure org com icann exam www.exam.com? …

Date
July 16, 2025
Authors
Wes Hardaker