shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields) said: MS> If the InterNIC yanked your domain, this would *not* affect your IP MS> connectivity -- your ability to be reached by any Internet protocol MS> via IP address. The InterNIC has nothing at all to do with that. I never disputed that subverting the DNS system would affect the ability to use numeric IP addresses, just IP names. But knowing that there are multiple 'root' DNS servers makes me a bit more comfortable. But only a little bit - despite my being one of what is generally referred to as the 'religious right', the pro-censorship tendencies of the political 'leaders' pandering to it makes me very uncomfortable (the "and when they came to censor me, no one was left to protest" concept [with apologies to the writer of the original version referring to the Holocaust]). -- #include <disclaimer.h> /* Sten Drescher */ To get my PGP public key, send me email with your public key and Subject: PGP key exchange Key fingerprint = 90 5F 1D FD A6 7C 84 5E A9 D3 90 16 B2 44 C4 F3