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Worst of all, the DNS (Domain Name Server) computers used by your ISP can be overwhelmed as they try to translate the names of all the websites subscribers want to visit (say, www.economist.com) into their actual internet addresses (216.35.68.215).
The Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), which links a website address such as www.economist.com with the numerical formula (eg, 164.109.58.148) that identifies the particular computer being sought on the network, has over 30m entries.
A computer has to be instructed which DNS server to ask for the translation.
If a country started its own DNS, it could better control what people can see.
It would be another matter, however, if governments started tinkering with the internet's address book, the Domain Name System (DNS).
DNS can still be poisoned through computer viruses that affect local networks or compromised servers that have their DNS subverted.
Many thousands of DNS servers helped batter Spamhaus; geeks think concerted attackers could rope in 20m.Better-targeted attacks need less muscle to do more damage.
DNS has been patched and extended many times since Paul Mockapetris developed the first version for the internet's predecessor, ARPANET.
ONE of the lesser-known milestones being celebrated this year is the 30th anniversary of the internet's domain-name system (DNS).
The trouble is that the gumshoes could not simply turn off the malicious domain name system (DNS) servers, which translate intelligible website addresses like economist.com into numerical ones like 64.14.173.202.
By offering alternative DNS server numbers the company is able to reduce latency substantially.
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