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Securing DNS From The Roots Up

jeffy124 writes: "This article at ComputerWorld tells the story of how ICANN would like to replace the root DNS systems with secured servers. Lars-Johan Liman, one of the root operators, spoke about the concept at ICANN's annual meeting today. He discussed how the world's current redundant DNS system is vulnerable to DDOS attacks and yet-to-be-discovered root holes in bind that can ultimately undermine the entire Internet by taking away the name-IP mappings that are relied upon by just about everyone."

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  1. fp m by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp m

  2. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what the heck, maybe I'll get this :)

  3. Re:did you ever see roots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope you die, and it's ashame that you even have access to a computer. I'd much rather you be freezing to death in an Alaskan snowbank, or starving to death and getting attacked by vultures in some Saharan desert.

  4. Re:My entire world is running amok by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's turtles all the way down!

  5. Re:Fuck DNS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, bitch, you could just have this.

  6. Re:News flash! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your asshole looks like this!

  7. HEY I JUST FOUND OUT SOMETHING GREAT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Goatse.cx runs Apache/1.3.20 (Unix) on Linux!!!!!!

    I am amazed that someone didn't point this out earlier. I went to Netcraft and just typed the Goatse.cx address in the search and vollia, up comes these magic words!!! "Apache/1.3.20 (Unix) on Linux"

    Lets all rejoice at our Goatse brethren who share with us in this great thing called Linux.


    GO SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT GOATSE.CX RUNS!

    Anyone know the IP address of Goatse.cx? If we use this instead of the address most people know it will fool many more people into going to Goatse!!!

  8. penis skin too short by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since my penis reached its full size the skin will only cover half of the head. I think it is because my penis is very long even when soft. Is this ok and can I do anything about it.

    Will the top half of the head end up a different colour to the covered bit? Is it better to leave half of it covered or is it better to leave the skin rolled right back or should I get it circumcised?

  9. XP IS THE ANSWER !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bill Gates has worked his magic once again. XP is the gateway to the future of computing. The wizards of Redmond have stepped up to the plate and once again and hit a grand slam. Ask yourself could life be any better.

    You want security get XP. You want a dynamic Web experience get XP. You want your computer to sing and fly get XP. I have and I can tell you my computer soars like and eagle. I am flying when at the keyboard. Truly, it is better than sex.

    By this time next year when old technologies are replaced with .NET, PassPort and HailStorm computing will enter a platinum age. Developers using the latest Microsoft development tools will be creating software wonder after wonder.

    Don't listen to the nabobs or negativism or open source reactionaries trying to pawn off a dying operating system (Linux) as cutting edge. If you want security, cutting edge technology step up to the plate and upgrade to XP.

    Nuff Said.

  10. Re:XP SOUNDS GOOD by Billly+Gates · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    When can you do all these things at once? You can do them by multitasking!

    That Billy Gates really did a good job with the new XP version of Windows this time around. There is this brand new revolutionary thing called a thread. A thread is like an app or applet that the kernel can manipulate. The kernel can focus on executing one thread at a time and then move on to the next. Whats really cool about this is that Bill Gates figured out all by himself that if the computer switches between tasks really quickly, then the computer will appear to multitask. I wonder if Ken Thompson Or Linus ever heard of this. You know what? I bet with some sort of flag you can even have scheduler in the mix too to tell the kernel how to multitask which thread. Come to think of it Bill invented something brand new called a mutex flag to tell the kernel how to switch between hard at work tasks and idle tasks. This is truly revolutionary. Also there is this brand new thing called protected memory. Instead of having an app do a memory call you can have the app call the os to reserve and manage the memory! wow! Dang! Now that is some awesome stuff. Do any of you know when Linux or Freebsd will support them. I wonder if you can add a atrribute to a file on the filesystem to tell the kernel the security on each file? Hmmm I am sure Microsoft is working on inventing the first acl right now. All is good with Microsoft.

  11. root nameserver by Lennie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    get it ? :)

    ok, I tried to be funny.

    And yes we do use bind at work (and yes I'll look into upgrading again).

    --
    New things are always on the horizon
  12. A NEW SITE FOR EVERYONE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic