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Chinese Root Server Shut Down After DNS Problem

Posted by timothy on from the need-a-new-source-of-ginseng dept.

itwbennett writes "After a networking error first reported on Wednesday last week caused computers in Chile and the US to come under the control of a system that censors the Internet in China, the 'root DNS server associated with the networking problems has been disconnected from the Internet,' writes Robert McMillan. The server's operator, Netnod, has 'withdrawn route announcements' made by the server, according to company CEO Kurt Lindqvist."

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  1. Re:Even more reason by djdevon3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously? RTFA. You don't know what a root DNS server does? Your posting privileges should be revoked. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since most young people don't know how the original internet was hosted. There are these boxes called servers see, and they do these routy switchy things, which is how god was created, then light, then the internet, then porn, in that order.