Rogue root domain reconfiguration [CNN]

[Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>]

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>           ADMINISTRATION SAYS INTERNET RECONFIGURATION WAS ROGUE TEST
>                                        
>      graphic February 4, 1998
>      Web posted at: 9:29 p.m. EST (0229 GMT)
>      
>      WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Clinton administration said Wednesday it was
>      confident a researcher in California won't repeat his rogue
>      reconfiguration of the Internet -- a test that few users noticed but
>      that raised concerns about how the worldwide network is run.
>      
>      Jon Postel, who runs the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority at the
>      University of Southern California under a Defense Department
>      contract, last week redirected half the Internet's 12
>      directory-information computers to his own system.
>      
>      Normally, those so-called "root servers" help users find addresses
>      on the Internet by pulling data from Network Solutions Inc., a
>      private company in northern Virginia that operates under a federal
>      government contract.