Just in case Mars Attacks... our internet.
Seven very important people right now hold the keys to rebooting the internet, should something catastrophic happen. The key program, is part of an internet safety initiative by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
ICANN has a security protocol called Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) that ensures that URLs go to the legitimate websites that they are supposed to. Should an attack happen and the links between servers are severed, a minimum of five out of seven key holders must convene at a bunker in the United States to restart the system and the connections between them.
Aside from the U.S., the other key holders are: Canada, Britain, Burkina Faso, Trinidad and Tobago, China, and the Czech Republic.
The keys themselves are smartcards that each contain parts of the DNSSEC root key.
(Source: PopSci.)
And what are u saying? --> Trinidad and Tobago ?! Are u really kidding me?"
What a bad yet true movie line
I expected Japan, Germany and Russia to be on the list, honestly.
China was the third country in history to send a man to space, one of the 6 countries to develop nuclear technology (in the 50's), and a booming industry with double digit economic growth for the past decade, also sporting one of the best internet security experts in th world. I'm pretty sure I have no doubt in their abilities.
so yea, really.
I expected Japan, Germany and Russia to be on the list, honestly.