Although DDOS attacks continue no reports have surfaced of such attacks against the root servers. It appears possible that a coordinated attack against the root lasting more than the expiry time on most ISP caches would effectively bring the Net down. Such attacks would clearly demonstrate why a centralized name space control approach is highly undesireable. IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are not using HushMail, this message could have been read easily by the many people who have access to your open personal email messages. Get your FREE, totally secure email address at http://www.hushmail.com.
