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Just an interesting article about the "inner workings" of the internet.Quote:
ANYTOWN, Va. - The “heart” of the Internet, the so-called “A” root that is the Internet’s master addressing computer, resides here on the third floor of a nondescript four story building, housed in massive flat-black aluminum cage that looks like it could double as a gym locker for a mountain troll.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4009568/
I can't believe I forgot that!!
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I believe this is the link
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=4009568&p1=0
Wow volunteer work is keeping one of America's most valuable assest up and running. That is a little scary:
Quote:
The root server operators “have no contract with anyone, no guarantee of level of service, they could turn [the root servers] off tomorrow with no consequences at all because they are doing it out of the kindness of their heart,”