[atlarge-discuss] FYI: VERISIGN TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT ROOT SERVERS

[espresso@e-scape.net]

>VERISIGN TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT ROOT SERVERS
>
>Verisign has taken steps to protect the two root servers that it controls, 
>following last month's attack that briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer 
>servers that manage global Internet traffic. The company says it moved one 
>of its computers to a different building in an unspecified location in 
>northern Virginia and onto a different part of its network. Verisign says 
>the change is designed to ensure that a hardware outage or focused attack 
>targeting part of its network could not disrupt both servers. FBI Director 
>Robert Mueller said last week that the October 21 attacks have been traced 
>back to hacked computers in South Korea and the U.S. (AP/Los Angeles Times 
>6 Nov 2002)
>http://www.latimes.com/technology/ats-ap_technology13nov06,0,5934127.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dtoptechnology

I guess it's naive of me to wonder why the two servers wouldn't have been placed in separate locations before the hack attack -- it's not as if power outages were that uncommon, after all.

Regards,

Judyth
(in electricity-rich Quebec where the power goes 
out somewhere after every major weather event)

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