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		Why 13 DNS root servers? (miek.nl)
		5 points by fcambus on Nov 11, 2013 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

jlgaddis on Nov 11, 2013 [–]

> So why are there (only) 13 root-nameservers?

There are actually way more than 13.

Sure, there's a.root-servers.net through m.root-servers.net, but each of those is anycasted and actually served up by a number of servers around the globe.

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