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To avoid hitting the root, don't send your queries there! Problem solved!

localroot.isi.edu

Bias: I created it, and am a author of one potential set of future specifications (rewrite).

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Thanks, interesting, I like making my systems as stand-alone capable as possible :)

What is the primary difference between using an Unbound auth-zone (as described in the RFC) compared to localroot?

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Id expect better geo performance because the geo domain is queried from the actual customer and not from some proxy that is hopefully nearby them
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