Re: [ga] Cyberspace Security and the Root(s)

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Steinle and all assembly members,

  With our SROOTS, both name server based and browser mod. based
you don't even need a plugin to access any number of Root structures
TLD's.  It is also configurable on the browser side "on the fly" or
set up configurable on the name server side...

steinle@smartvia.de wrote:

> I think the answer is obvious.
> You can test it for yourself with the plug-in from Nameslinger or with the
> Plug-in from PacificRoot (both are the same, made by nameslinger).
> You can set this plug-in in this way:
> 1. try to resolve a internet address in the USG root
> 2. if that fails (e.g. root server destroyed), try to resolve that address
> in another root (e.g. PacificRoot)
>
> But don't ask me how likely it is or how easy it is to bring the USG root
> down...I'm not an engineer
>
> Simon
>
> p.s.: this way you could also resolve ARNI's .BIZ AND NeuLevels .BIZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> To: <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:31 PM
> Subject: [ga] Cyberspace Security and the Root(s)
>
> > In reading the recently published "National Strategy to Secure
> Cyberspace",
> > my attention was drawn to one particular remark:
> >
> > "To combat these vulnerabilities, the security of the infrastructure must
> not
> > be dependent on a single layer, group or focal point, but rather must be
> > found in multiple layers, distributed defenses, and the ability to recover
> > quickly from any attack."
> > http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.pdf
> >
> > Doesn't this seem to argue against the concept of the desirability of a
> > single root?  From strictly a security perspective, can someone
> sufficiently
> > knowledgable advise as to which is better -- having a single root or
> having
> > multiple roots?
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