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Billions of people around the world have come to depend on the internet for everything from basic research to paying bills, watching TV and playing games. Hundreds of millions of users may even be considered to be addicted to the internet, but many could be forced to give up their habit entirely today—at least temporarily.

The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced plans to update the cryptographic key which supports the Domain Name System. As a result, when ICANN takes the DNS down to update the key, we could see a widespread internet shutdown.

Experts say the internet shutdown could last up to 48 hours. Users affected by the internet crash will see error messages about a “server failure.” Potential problems include slow loading of pages, network access issues, and not being able to access certain online resources. It’s also possible that you won’t experience problems until a couple days from now because many website administrators keep cached versions of their websites available for up to two days.

https://www.valuewalk.com/2018/10/global-internet-shutdown-could-affect-36m-people/

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ksk-rollover
 
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Has the time of the DNS root KSK rollover not already happened (1600 UTC Oct 11) so if you are reading this you are good to go and were among the 99% not affected.
 
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Thanks for the heads up.. although the following should also be mentioned in the OP :)
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Thanks for sharing... @mems

But a little exaggerated in OP...
 
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And it has already happened as well, so you are not in the 1% if your Internet is still working!
 
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you are not in the 1% if your Internet is still working!

Yes... @MetBob


I am still roaming freely in digital world... without any restrictions or blockades.

At least in NamePros street...:-D
 
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Stage 1 = Concern
Stage 2 = Check for a link to the Onion (comedy fake news)
Stage 3 = "a little exaggerated in OP..."

All is well now.
 
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they should make the internet equal and not rassistic

there is no IDN

all lettters are the same

mandarin cyrillic latin aso
 
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Thanks for sharing. But less sensational next time.
 
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There should be an internet shut down one day a week to force people to spend more time with their loved ones instead of watching porn or playing video games. Probably cause a baby boom lol
 
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Imagine how many billions of dollars this would cost, if they knocked Amazon down in lost commerce across the internet, Bezos would buy ICANN, Verisign and the whole shaboom, Lol, I highly doubt this event will take place, I never say never though
 
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Happened at the end of Ready Player One ... just sayin'
 
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As a result, when ICANN takes the DNS down to update the key, we could see a widespread internet shutdown. The organization updates the key on a somewhat regular basis for security purposes due to the growing number of threats to the infrastructure.
 
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Thanks for the information
 
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The KSK rollover is a cyclic event. Not the first time it's done.
 
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