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They don't geolocate. You setup the DNS servers in various datacenters around the world, then BGP anycast the address. So there are many dns servers with the v
by incomingpain 3y ago
They don't geolocate. You setup the DNS servers in various datacenters around the world, then BGP anycast the address.
So there are many dns servers with the virtual ip of 8.8.8.8.
Then the way bgp works, you will route to the nearest path. Which will tend to be geologically close.
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1546 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1546