There are seven keymasters who can restart the Internet if Armageddon occurs

[yllus]

There Are Seven Keymasters Who Can Restart the Internet

Seven specially-chosen people are now members of a "chain of trust"; in the event of a catastrophe—like a terrorist attack, or Saruman joining forces with Sauron, or Barack Obama turning off the whole internet—five members of The Fellowship of the Internet must meet in a secure location "to recover the master key" and summon Captain Planet (see above picture).

Your Seven Internet Keymasters are:

* Paul Kane (Great Britain)
* Dan Kaminsky (United States)
* Jiankang Yao (China)
* Moussa Guebre (Burkina Faso)
* Bevil Wooding (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Ondrej Sury (Czech Republic)
* Norm Ritchie (Canada)

Okay, okay, jokes aside, this is what's really going on: A team of computer scientists has developed a security system called DNSSEC that's intended to make sure that websites are what they say they are.

The selection of seven "keyholders"—the "keys" are actually swipe cards; see below for a pic—is intended to reassure consumers that the system would continue to work even in the event of a major disaster.

It would only affect the websites using DNSSEC. But it's more fun to pretend the other stuff.

Burkina Faso represent!

 

[nonameo]

At least we'll get our porn if aliens attack.

 

[DesiPower]

so what happens if one of them goes rogue and restart it today?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

wtf is Burkina Faso?
never heard of it and had to look it up.

 

[joesmoke]

i wish my name was Ondrej Sury

 

[BoomerD]

Do we have the appropriate numbers of Gatekeepers for the Keymasters?

 

[acheron]

wtf is Burkina Faso?
never heard of it and had to look it up.

you might find a map like this helpful. it should be easy to find Burkina Faso there.

 

[Lamont Burns]

There is no Dana only Zuul!

 

[dainthomas]

Do we have the appropriate numbers of Gatekeepers for the Keymasters?

win!

 

[mb]

Thank goodness! Downloading the entire interwebs was taking me forever! Now I can have some peace of mind.

 

[bullbert]

Do we have the appropriate numbers of Gatekeepers for the Keymasters?

Just do not let you mind wander to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, this time.

 

[PottedMeat]

wtf is Burkina Faso?
never heard of it and had to look it up.

heheh

"Three Weeks Later," says a caption on the screen, as Homer sits on the
couch and reads a phone bill.

Homer: Burkina Faso? Disputed Zone? Who called all these weird places?
Brain: Quiet, it might be you! I can't remember.
Homer: Naw, I'm going to ask Marge.
Brain: No, no! Why embarrass us both? Just write a check and I'll
release some more endorphins.
[Homer scribbles a check, then sighs with pleasure]

 

[Fingolfin269]

I saw a movie about this once. It didn't end well for the people in charge and their name's were supposedly a secret.

 

[GasX]

Which one is Gozer?

 

[dfuze]

Some strange choices for countries in that list

 

[Squisher]

I am the gatekeeper, are you the keymaster?

 

[bullbert]

"Choose the form of the Destructor!"

 

[Bateluer]

I am the gatekeeper, are you the keymaster?

Damn, beat me to it.