{"id":102,"date":"2020-07-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=102"},"modified":"2020-07-28T19:08:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T23:08:48","slug":"internet-consolidation-who-is-resolving-your-query","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2020\/07\/internet-consolidation-who-is-resolving-your-query\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Consolidation — Who Is Resolving Your Query?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guests:<\/strong> Roxana Radu and Michael Hausding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step of the process of accessing resources on the internet is called \u201cDNS resolution\u201d and it involves a multi-tiered, hierarchical and distributed architecture. One of the first steps in that process is querying a \u201crecursive resolver\u201d. Think of it as a gofer who takes your query \u2013 say a URL\u00a0 address \u2013 to check several other Domain Name System (DNS) servers to find you the right answer (i.e. the correct IP address). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sounds relatively boring right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except that those who run recursive servers have the pulse on the traffic patterns and browsing habits of internet users.  Surely that information is valuable? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the third episode of our three-part series on \u201cInternet Consolidation\u201d, we talk to\u00a0Dr. Roxana Radu<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0post-doctoral researcher at University of Oxford<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Hausding<\/a>\u00a0Board Member of the\u00a0Internet Society Switzerland Chapter<\/a>, authors of the research report\u00a0\u201cConsolidation in the DNS resolver market \u2013 how much, how fast, how dangerous?\u201d<\/a> about the important implications of consolidation in a segment of the internet infrastructure most users know little about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad & Leslie Daigle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other episodes in the arc:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n