Episode 222 • • 1:47:55 - 1:51:05
222: Earle in the Gulf
DNS Recovery Keys, Internet Catastrophe Protocol
A British computer expert is one of seven "trusted community representatives" worldwide who hold fragments of a digital key used to reboot the internet's DNSSEC system in the event of a global catastrophe. The protocol requires five of the seven keyholders to meet at a secure, undisclosed location in the U.S. to regenerate the master root key. The hosts discuss the theatrical nature of the security measures described in a BBC interview.