DailyKOS: Gestapo demands internets master key

[unhappycamper]

DHS demand for DNS master key alarms nations
by Deep Harm
Sat Mar 31, 2007 at 04:03:53 PM PDT

Slashdot and Cryptome report that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is demanding the master key for the DNS root zone - a demand that has other nations alarmed. With the master key, DHS would have control over the Internet, as Slashdot describes, quoting an "anonymous reader."

The key will play an important role in the new DNSSec security extension, because it will make spoofing IP-addresses impossible. By forcing the IANA to hand out a copy of the master key, the US government will be the only institution that is able to spoof IP addresses and be able to break into computers connected to the Internet without much effort.

The issue arose at Friday's meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Lisbon, Portugal.


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[orpupilofnature57]

1. Another Imposing Operation ,stealing fast and hard.

[conscious evolution]

2. This ain't good

Whoever controls the flow of information has a major advantage.Likewise,having the ability to hack or spoof any oppositions info.
But then this should not be any surprise to us.PNAC and other sources have been speaking of seizing the high ground in cyberspace for a while now.Goes to show how fucked in the head they are when they consider the internet a war zone.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. Ambiguous reasoning keeps coming up with the same answer,

We need more control.

[glitch]

15. Cornered psychopaths don't suddenly evolve.

They may try a new lie if they are intelligent. These, not so much.

[Swamp Rat]

4. CRAP!!

:hide:

[pretzel4gore]

5. thank god for global warming

geez, also, maybe a superbug will suddenly show up; a 'bug' that attacks only old fat rightwing powermaddened boors and the lackeys who indulge them (mediaho's, jackbooted bullyboys and hanging judges etc)

[annabanana]

6. This is a

VERY BIG DEAL

Like they moved to neutralize the media after watergate brought them down, now they are trying to take the reins of the internet to keep us from exposing them.

[Ilsa]

7. How will we know if DHS accomplishes this? nt

[rasputin1952]

8. Most likely, we won't...

[sellitman]

9. Please tell me this is a April Fools joke.

:scared:

[tridim]

14. Isn't it amazing how real stories seem like they -should- all be April fools pranks?

BushCo has even ruined April 1. It's lost all it's humor for me.

[enough]

10. k&r

[CrazyOrangeCat]

11. Here we go. K&R

[formercia]

12. I hope they tell DHS to go pack sand. n/t

[windbreeze]

13. This needs to be exposed on KO...or somewhere nationally

we can keep it on the front page on this venue...but it needs to be on the front page on the National scene...100,000 people can discuss it, but millions of people should be...this is very, very dangerous...we better be figuring out how people are going to stay in touch...we are causing this bunch trouble...they intend to put a stop to it...
windbreeze

[BlooInBloo]

16. Well, as long as there's a grave and gathering threat...

:rofl:

[WillyT]

17. K & R !!!

:kick:

[loudsue]

18. Now THAT could easily cause a revolution. They don't know what they're

messing with here.

This makes me wonder if they're still not thinking about Martial Law. Remember, in the patriot act, congress doesn't get a say in ANYTHING if they declare martial law.


:kick::kick::kick:

[Bucky]

19. Oh yeh, internet nerds--major players there. Don't fuck with the EFF, man.

This should be stopped, but it's only surprising to me that it took them six years to get around to trying this.

[me b zola]

20. PNAC's insatiable thirst for total power & control

:scared:

[L. Coyote]

21. Has anyone discovered that certain domains are unavailable??

I had this problem, on a college campus, with a domain publishing political content about election rigging. A cell call revealed it was available off campus.

[loudsue]

22. You're joking!! Now THAT'S a "convenient" thing to keep people in the dark about!

Since it is the ONE thing that everything else hinges on!

Damnit!!!


:kick::kick::kick:

[MaggieSwanson]

38. I can't access indymedia from home any more.

But I can at work.

[riverdeep]

23. The pubs do understand that this kind of thing can be used on

them too, don't they? When they get out of office, whoever is in there can use this to invade the pubs privacy just as effeciently. Unless, they don't believe they'll ever leave office...

[BattyDem]

24. I don't understand why anyone would allow ONE country to have that much power over the Internet

This could certainly have an impact on the flow of information in EVERY country, not just ours. No one trusts BushCo - why would they willingly give them that much power? :shrug:

[maggiegault]

25. They Won't.

This will be just one more brick in the wall that will eventually crumble and fall on the dying entity known as the United States.

Seriously, folks...this is never going to happen. It's the arrogance involved in it that we need to be concerned about, not the act itself, which is wishful thinking on the PNAC's part.

The fact is, our government cannot get away with stuff like this any longer. The rest of the world is onto us and, quite frankly, are mad as hell and aren't going to take it any longer.

[Joanne98]

27. There's global networks!

http://www.pierogi2000.com/flatfile/lombardi.html

[Maraya1969]

32. What is this with George Bush, James Bath and Osama Bin Laudin on it?

http://www.pierogi2000.com/flatfile/lombardi.html

[Joanne98]

40. That's probably Harken Energy!... Harken is connected to the BCCI too

[ProudDad]

26. Poindexter

is alive and well in Wash.

[Canuckistanian]

28. DNS Root Name Servers explained

http://www.isoc.org/briefings/019/

What They Serve

Essentially the DNS root name servers reliably publish the contents of one small file to the Internet. The file is called the root zone file. On 12-Dec-2004 there were 5335 lines of text in the file which had a size of 119KB; you can find this particular version here: http://www.isoc.org/briefings/020/zonefile.shtml

This file is smaller than the ISOC home page http://www.isoc.org/. The root zone file also does not change very frequently; it changed only 7 times between 11-Nov-2004 and 12-Dec-2004 and only 90 times in the year preceeeding 12-Dec-2004. The individual changes are all localized and relatively small.

Compared to many other services on the Internet this service is rather unspectacular. The function and content of the root zone file are what make it special and cause it to be at the focus of increased attention. The root zone file is at the apex of a hierarchical distributed database called the Domain Name System (DNS). This database is used by almost all Internet applications to translate worldwide unique names like www.isoc.org into other identifiers; the web, e-mail and many other services make use of the DNS.

[unkachuck]

29. thank you....n/t

[Maraya1969]

30. A definition of DNS

DNS

(Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the scenes from one application to another, DNS servers return the IP address of the server associated with that name.

In this hypothetical example, WWW.COMPANY.COM would be converted into the IP address 204.0.8.51. Without DNS, you would have to type the four numbers and dots into your browser to retrieve the Web site, which of course, you can do. Try finding the IP of a favorite Web site and type in the dotted number instead of the domain name!

A Hierarchy

The DNS system is a hierarchy of database servers that start with the root servers for all the top level domains (.com, .net, etc.). The root servers point to authoritative servers residing within ISPs and companies that resolve the host names to complete the name resolution. Using the example WWW.COMPANY.COM, COMPANY.COM is the domain name, and WWW is the host name. The domain name is the organization's identity on the Web, and the host name is the name of the actual Web server within that domain (see WWW). See DNS records, reverse DNS, DDNS, HOSTS file, mDNS, ping, root server and WINS.

Getting a Web Page
Turning a URL in a Web browser into an IP address can take numerous queries. This is a simplified diagram because the original requester actually talks to each name server in turn, and there can be more name servers in between. A request can also be satisfied from a DNS cache along the way and not need to reach the authoritative server.

Three Must Read Articles from CMP's TechWeb

* Review: DNS/DHCP Appliances

* Dynamic DNS Keeps Names Up to Date

* A GSLB Reality Check

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=what+is+dns&gwp=13

[The Count]

31. There's a Master key? Does it work on non-April 1st days? Can I get a copy?

[lovuian]

33. All the other countries saw this coming

they wanted the Internet under their control

Will countries comply

I don't think so but maybe they will have to comply then I see others starting their own Internet

[earth mom]

34. It's hard to believe this isn't an April Fools Joke, but then again we're talking * & Co.

:(

[terip64]

35. kick

[DemReadingDU]

36. Interesting, thank you for sharing

[tom_paine]

37. Bushputinism is so absurd, this may or may not be an April Fools' joke

It IS April Fools, but the Bushevik Leadership are Soviet-style tyrants.

[Eurobabe]

39. Maybe so they can erase any other emails from gwb43.com

Al GORE has the Internets master key, since he invented it. :eyes: