[53321] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "VeriSign Moves DNS Server To Boost Security"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Mon Nov 11 10:40:03 2002
From: "Stephen Sprunk" <ssprunk@cisco.com>
To: "Gil Cohen" <gcohen@saturnbandwidth.net>,
"NANOG" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 09:39:25 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake "Gil Cohen" <gcohen@saturnbandwidth.net>
> In an effort to protect the Internet from future hacking attacks, VeriSign
> (Nasdaq: VRSN - news) has moved one of the Net's root servers to an
> undisclosed physical and virtual location.
Maybe I'm missing something... J's "virtual location" aka IP address is now
available from every DNS server in the world, not to mention the public
announcement that VeriSign made to various lists. How is this undisclosed?
S