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		jwilk on Aug 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing the Dweb But they give DNS as an example of a centralized system. Huh?

falcolas on Aug 1, 2018 | [–]

One company is in control of the TLDs, and of the root name servers.

That we've had DNS names blacklisted from being served (no matter how distasteful the services provided by those DNS names may be) shows that there is insufficient decentralization of authority over DNS.

lucideer on Aug 1, 2018 | [–]

Yeah that's very odd. I was just referring to the image used.

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