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		komali2 on Oct 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS I know a lot about some things, but almost nothing about networking, so excuse me if this is a really dumb question but - would your physical location determine what hosts you returned from that query? Like if you were in Asia would you get different ones back?

rosstex on Oct 21, 2016 | [–]

The network definitely can (and often does) do load balancing by offering different DNS results for different regions.

snug on Oct 21, 2016 | [–]

Yes because DNS typically uses ANYCAST networking. The DNS request routes to the nearest location.

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