The setup files usually point to a local DNS resolver, maybe an ISP or a
corporate DNS mirror. It is much easier for a SysAdmin to change these as
to include other DNS record trees. Or, your browser can just skip the query
on the DNS using your defaults and use its own alternative DNS root...

On 4 January 2012 09:49, Horacio T. Cadiz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 01/04/2012 05:45 AM, Nuno Garcia wrote:
>
>  I tried to talk about this sometime ago - I sincerely believe that the
>> fate
>> of ICANN and of the DNS structure relies in the hands of the browser
>> manufacturers or, in the hand of software developers who can build
>> extensions that circumvent or complement the current DNS query system.
>>
>
>
>  The behavior of an individual's DNS resolver can be easily changed by
> modifying the initialization file (named.boot for BIND) of the software.
> You don't have to be a software developer to do it.  But what advantage
> would an individual gain if he points to a different root?
>
>  If Microsoft (and ISC) decided to change the default configuration file
> of their resolvers, then the default behavior of the DNS would change.
> After all, how many MS users actually fiddle around with their DNS
> settings. But why would they point to alternative roots?
>
>
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