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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
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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