[GTER] Fwd: [IP] Protecting the Internet's Domain Name System

[Michael Stanton]

Karl Auerbach é um dos diretores eleitos da ICANN, e escreveu ano passado 
este ensaio sobre a proteção do DNS.

                 Michael

>  Karl Auerbach <[mailto:karl at cavebear.com]> wrote a rather thought
>provoking note that follows:
>
>http://www.cavebear.com/rw/steps-to-protect-dns.htm )
>
>Protecting the Internet's Domain Name System
>
>ICANN is now taking a look at the actual stability of the net - this is
>both refreshing and proper.  And it's about time.
>
>Let us take a moment and ask ourselves: Why, on an Internet that was
>originally designed to survive a nuclear holocaust, is this DNS thing
>seemingly so vulnerable?
>
>The reason is pretty obvious: Nearly every other part of the Internet is
>based on the concept that the individual parts should be able to operate
>independently.  But of all the parts of the Internet, the Domain Name
>System has a clear heart, a singular point from which all other parts
>radiate.  On most of the net, if one damages a part, the rest of the net
>will remain and will function.  With DNS as it is presently deployed, if
>one damages the heart, then the rest of DNS becomes uprooted and lost.
>
>(This note will come back to this singular vulnerability of DNS and ask
>the question "why", but that will be a bit later.  In case you need
>instant gratification - here's a preview: DNS could be more fully
>distributed and its singular point of vulnerability eliminated.  The
>deeper question will thus be: Are we intentionally refusing to consider,
>much less adopt, a solution that could give to DNS the same near
>invulnerability that adheres to the rest of the Internet?  Are we
>captives of our own dogma and blinding ourselves to solution,
>
>snip