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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the must-keep-safe dept.

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

    yay.

  2. Re:email by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    aaah ya, biznaches... my first "fp" in almost half a year.

    suck a nut!

  3. Mad propz to /I by FortKnox · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mad propz to the editor that forgot to !

    Your an inspiration to us all!

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
    1. Re:Mad propz to /I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Not only are you an idiot, but you are illiterate too.

  4. be quiet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "you're", not "your".

  5. Seriously now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    west siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

  6. What I would do... by skinney · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is what I would do if I 0wN3d a root server:

    microsoft.com CNAME freebsd.org

    ;)
    ~Shane

  7. Slashdot Meltdown? by DanCracker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone needs to check their HTML. Italics are hard on the eyes.

    --
    "I hope they legalize drugs so you hurry up and fucking die." Charles Bronson (the band, not the man)
  8. Use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Close the damn italics tags

  9. Re:Next target for terrorists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With p2p filesharing, you think you're downloading Metallica, and you find out it's actually N'Sync.

    I'm sure the goatse.cx jokers would love p2p dns!

  10. OOG USED TO HAVE A-SERVER by OOG_THE_CAVEBOY · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OOG USED TO RUN A-SERVER IN OPEN-SOURCE CAVE. OOG FATHER SOLD MANY BAGS CAVE WEED to AFFORD BANDWIDTH COSTS!! OOG NEVER HAD to WORRY ABOUT TERRORISTS BECAUSE OF OPEN-SOURCE SABRE TOOTH TIGER PROTECTION!!! OOG SOLD A-SERVER TO GOVERNMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR 50 CAVE-HO'S!!!

  11. Marshmallow Man! by jguevin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is offtopic, and I know the poster already got reamed for misunderstanding/not reading the article, but that Marshmallow Man line had me laughing for a whole minute. I don't describe nearly enough of my life in terms of Ghostbusters!

    I will be greatly saddened to be modded down for this silly little comment.