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Re: Web expert on his 'catastrophe' key for the internet


From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:21:33 +0100

On Wed, 28 Jul 2010, Leen Besselink wrote:

If you think that is misleading, you would want to see this article:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/836210-brit-given-a-key-to-unlock-the-internet

See also the press releases from Bath University:

http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2010/07/26/internet-security/

and CommunityDNS themselves:

http://cdns.net/ROOT-DNSSEC.html

The problem seems to be that Bath's press office decided to sex up the
story and Metro confused DNSSEC with the Internet kill switch proposal.

Tony.
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