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Originally Posted by KRL
If you fuck with the Master Root Zone File you could essentially turn off any TLD .
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If you killed or hacked all the root servers the WEB would fail. Surprised some hacker has not accomplished that already. They have come close.
I think subordinate name servers would keep it going for awhile. That would be the usefulness of the web! Not the Internet. The Internet would still be in place via IP addresses so far in the thread discussion.
An attack on the routers would be more damaging. There are way more routers than root name servers. I suspect the US government for the most part holds the keys totally. I'd bet that there is a plan in place to shut it down if needed or if a need was perceived. Like to stop the terrorists attacking the country.