"VeriSign Moves DNS Server To Boost Security"

Mon Nov 11 15:57:43 UTC 2002

Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> Thus spake "Gil Cohen" <gcohen at saturnbandwidth.net>
> 
>> In an effort to protect the Internet from future hacking attacks, VeriSign
>> (Nasdaq: VRSN - news) has moved one of the Net's root servers to an
>> undisclosed physical and virtual location.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something...  J's "virtual location" aka IP address is now
> available from every DNS server in the world, not to mention the public
> announcement that VeriSign made to various lists.  How is this undisclosed?

And how does it help anybody if a root server's address is made secret?

Wouldn't an off-line backup be just as useful and cheaper to implement?

-- David