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« In Kerry's Defense | Main | "There is no cost-free future for the United States..." » July 30, 2004Failure is UnacceptableThe "Domain Name System" is the interlocking mass of hardware and software operated by a variety of businesses and organizations that takes you to Amazon.com when you type "Amazon.com" into your browser bar, or click a hyperlink on a webpage such as this one. Basically, when you hit enter, your browser queries a computer server for the numerical address of the website that corresponds to "Amazon.com" or the long string of letters and punctuation that makes up the link. The server tells your browser the numerical address - HobbsOnline, for example, is located at http://66.246.128.89/. But "www.billhobbs.com" is easier to remember. All of that is background to suggest that you might want to read this to learn a little something about the organization that sits at the Internet's ultimate chokepoint - and why it is a potential "single point of failure" in a very complex system that is absolutely critical to our economy. Posted in Internet & Technology
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