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[dns-wg] the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security

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Doug Barton dougb at dougbarton.us
Fri Feb 28 20:55:11 CET 2014

On 02/28/2014 10:06 AM, Kim Davies wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:
>
>> Sigh. Just sigh.
>>
>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web
>>
>> Well at least the article has a photo of Rick Lamb in a suit and tie, so it's not all bad... :-)
>
> I actually think the story does a great job of making a deathly boring procedure interesting and accessible.

+1, although I would have liked to see an explicit refutation of the 
drama-inspiring question of whether the key holders can use their keys 
to turn off the Internet. :)

Doug

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