full-disclosure - Global HIGH Security Risk

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From: jeroen at netprofessional.nl (Jeroen Doorn)
Subject: Global HIGH Security Risk

>Given that the vast majority of traffic is web based and email which rely
on
>the DNS system, much of the Internet would disappear quickly, even though
>the routes themselves would still exist. 

But still, there are also rootservers in Sweden, Japan and the UK (source:
http://www.root-servers.org/ ), so correct me if I am wrong here, but: if
the US were to decide to take down the net, wouldn't it merely slow down
instead of dissapearing completely?

Jeroen