Sorry folks, that was a silly thing to leave out.

Here is the link to the article:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web


On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings LOPSA,
>
> I came across an article today talking about the 7 people who hold the
> keys to the worldwide internet in the event of a catastrophic event. It
> seems they mostly have control over public DNS if someething were to go
> awry.
>
> While this seems plausible I can't help but think it may be a bit like theIT 
> Crowd episode<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg>where the IT 
> Manager thinks the internet resides in a black box.
>
>
> Is it true that 7 keyholders control the fate of the internet as we know
> it (potentially)?
>
>
> Best,
> Evan
>
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