Re: 216:5

From: Arnt Gulbrandsen (arnt_at_oryx.com)
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 15:17:49 PDT


Neat! Rule 6³:6!

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I can reveal that among the subscribers to this list, one finds a 
certain hostmaster_at_verisign.com.

Surprising, perhaps, but there you have it.

However, since the Verisign Hostmaster controls the .com zone, and thus 
oryx.com, and does so from a computer (a.root-servers.net) located at a 
secret location with more than twenty backups all over the world, I'm 
afraid giant orbital mirrors are of no use, precisely like the root 
password, that inconvenient combination lock or the power utility's big 
red "Kill FRC" button. If the list host is shut down, the Verisign 
Hostmaster can simply take over the domain and run the list elsewhere.

I suppose I'm the winner of this round, because who can possibly find a 
Power yet Higher than Verisign?
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(It should perhaps be noted that oryx.com is not a verisign customer. We 
use easydns.com and are very happy. Not as cheap as, say, godaddy, but 
IMO its reliability and customer service justifies the price.)

--Arnt


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