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Journey to the centre of the web

  • 06-02-2003 10:57am
    #1
    yellum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭


    Via BoingBoing:

    http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/specialsegments_Nov02/020303_ss_centerofweb.html

    ABC sent a news-crew to the sites of the 13 root servers that run the DNS system:

    One is in an underground cave. One is behind an electronic curtain of security. One is protected by the space program. All are designated by a letter of the alphabet--ten of them are in the United States, three are in Europe and in Asia. They are supposed to be well hidden.

    A mere thirteen computers known as "root servers" enable you to shop and bank online, research school projects, look for work, or just send e-mail to a friend...

    The offices of Autonomica Company are in Stockholm's popular Old Town section. Executives who run the major European root server appear as though they could be selling insurance. But their computer is located in this government vault, deep underground--accessible only through a maze of complicated security doors--and inside a private, locked crypt.


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  • #2
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    and probably run NT4.0....


  • #3
    yellum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,025 ✭✭✭yellum


    Reminded me of bits of Cryptonomicon.


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