May look stupid but I would still keep a list of IP addresses for the sites I want to visit. With the list and the web servers on I would still access the internet without DNS although most of the services that are fully dependent on DNS would not work / run. JK ________________________________ From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Odhiambo ????? Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 5:27 PM To: michuki@swiftkenya.com; Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] what is the besy way to take down the internet!! On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com> wrote: Hi Saich, In this day and age, its "almost" impossible to take down the Internet. For you to succeed in doing this you would need to have a unlimited resources, support from many Governments and individuals who will be willing to see the internet go off. In this case, you have the complete opposite so thats not likely. Am reading this with the concept that by Internet you dont mean Yahoo or gmail - but everything thats on the net being offline. However, due to the Internet's architecture its possible to *disconnect* pockets of it. This will either affect, countries, regions or enterprises but not the whole. Take note that i use disconnect and not take down. This means interfering with reachability of the resources in one region from other parts of the globe. Its essentially possible that a region i.e Kenya can continue to operate internally when external connectivity is cut. So taking down the internet is not plausible but taking down an enterprise or country's internet infrastructure and likely but will not lead to a takedown of the internet. Regards, Mich, I still think that shutting down the DNS ROOT Servers will take down the Internet, no? Though not instantly. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain