There keeper of the keys that can restart the entire web

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Around the world, people live - keeper of the keys. But it is not simple - if all these keys combine into one, then using the resulting Megaklyucha it will be possible to restart the Internet. Yes, this is the real world, not the story of one of the novels of Dan Brown.

One of the guardians - British businessman Paul Klein, who is extremely concerned about the situation. It is part of an elite group that could restart the Internet in the event of a global crisis of cybersecurity. Wide-eyed man in the photo means that the key that is stored in a plastic bag, is under close supervision.



Each of the 14 keepers owns a traditional metal key to the safe, where are the smart card driving the car, which creates a new master key. It is used to determine that the existing system DNS - a collection of domain names and IP-addresses - true.



Keepers of the keys are part of an organization called "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers» (ICANN). Its members meet four times a year for a pepperoni pizza and a beer for the official ceremony on the validation key.

via factroom.ru