IP: Re Experts Say Key Internet Servers Vulnerable to Attack

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 10:04:38 -0700
> From: brett watson <bwatson () mfnx net>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
>
> --On Wednesday, November 14, 2001 7:58 AM -0500 David Farber 
> <dave () farber net> wrote:>
> > <snip>
> >
> > ICANN Chairman Vint Cerf dismissed the concerns, saying board members
> > need to hear about the technical issues from engineers to know what
> > recommendations to make. ``For policymakers this is a valuable
> > opportunity to have access to this kind of primary source input,'' Cerf
> > said. In addition to engineers, other attendees and even Cerf said they
> > were concerned about ICANN going beyond its scope, with some asking the
> > group to formally restate its mission and even restructure.
>
> with all due respect to vint, paul vixie is about as much an "engineer" as 
> you can get with respect to DNS and the root name servers.  paul 
> maintained BIND for years, and hosted one of the root servers for 
> years.  i think he might understand the techical issues.  i suspect many 
> IPers know full well how vulnerable the infrastructure is.
>
> -b


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