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by jrockway 2372 days ago
There is no mandate to trust the root DNS servers. Someone like Google (8.8.8.8) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) could just start registering their own .org domain names and nobody could stop them.

The resulting shitstorm would be so enjoyable to watch.
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Thorrez 2372 days ago
Previously the CEO of Cloudflare has been against making 1.1.1.1 return anything non-standard, because even a single instance of that would ruin the integrity of DNS.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19829033

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jrockway 2372 days ago
Yeah, that's a very reasonable stance. I'm not saying it's a good idea to hijack .org, just that it's more possible than one might think.
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NickNameNick 2372 days ago
Given the headwinds the browser DNS-over-https efforts have run into, I wouldn't expect them to want to try it.

But I was pondering the merits of eg: a regional block of ISPs declaring they'd like to try, and seeing the effect that had on the value of the 'legacy operators'

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