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Q1Harddnsdistributed-systemsinternet-infrastructure

Why is DNS considered one of the foundational systems of the internet?

Q2Hardrecursive-resolverdns-resolutiondistributed-systems

Why do recursive DNS resolvers improve internet performance significantly?

Q3Harddns-cachingscalabilitydistributed-systems

Why is DNS caching critical for internet scalability?

Q4Hardttldns-cachingconsistency

Why does DNS TTL involve a trade-off between scalability and consistency?

Q5Hardauthoritative-dnsdistributed-systemsinternet-architecture

Why are authoritative DNS servers critical in the DNS hierarchy?

Q6Harddns-load-balancingtraffic-routingscalability

Why is DNS commonly used for global traffic load balancing?

Q7Harddns-propagationdistributed-systemseventual-consistency

Why is DNS propagation inherently eventually consistent?

Q8Harddns-securitydns-spoofingcybersecurity

Why is DNS considered a major attack surface in internet infrastructure?

Q9Hardanycastdnsdistributed-networking

Why do large DNS providers heavily rely on Anycast networking?

Q10Harddnstrade-offssystem-design

What are the major trade-offs when designing DNS infrastructure?