Briton Given DNS 'Key To The Internet'
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The CEO of a UK-based Domain Name Server company, CommunityDNS, has become one of only seven people in the world entrusted with a cryptographic key required to restart the world's internet DNS servers if a catastrophic event occurs.DNS, or 'Domain Name System' servers are the network of computers that make up what is effectively a constantly updated 'phonebook' that translates the recognisable web addresses we use into the numeric IP addresses used by internet-attached...
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