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Internet domain name servers get more security
Computerworld ^
| 11/7/2002
| TODD R. WEISS
Posted on 11/07/2002 10:07:16 AM PST by ArcLight
To make the 13 computer servers that run the Internet's core addressing system more secure, the two machines operated by VeriSign Inc. in the U.S. have been physically and electronically separated to make them less vulnerable to attack
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dns; internet; rootservers; security
The astonishing thing is that this hadn't been done years ago. It seems that Verisign's previous security arrangements were utterly wretched.
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posted on
11/07/2002 10:07:16 AM PST
by
ArcLight
To: ArcLight
Bump for later read
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posted on
11/07/2002 10:12:37 AM PST
by
demlosers
To: ArcLight
Yep, you would of thought they learned from Microsoft's DNS troubles that arose from having their servers in the same room.
But that's just MSFT and its website. I would of thought that the people serving up DNS for the world would have a clue on this subject.
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posted on
11/07/2002 10:19:54 AM PST
by
lelio
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