The Root of All E-Mail

wiredog writes "A Washington Post story about the DNS, the VeriSign NOC, and some of the security therein." Especially interesting in light of the recent security lockdowns throughout much of the Western world. The havoc of losing the A root server would be bad, like Staypuft Marshmallow Man bad.

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Re:This is what'll screw us all in the end

[John_Booty]

They should totally have a huge building with signs that say "THIS IS WHERE THE SERVERS ARE, GUYS!"

Because it's so obvious, terrorists would think it's a trap and totally not look there.