Paul Kane (entrepreneur)

Paul Kane is chief executive of the British technology firm CommunityDNS^[1] and from 2010 to 2017 was one of seven people entrusted with a credit card-like key to restart portions of the World Wide Web or internet which are secured with DNSSEC, after a catastrophic event such as a major security breach or terrorist attack.^[1]^[2] If such a situation arises, five keyholders will travel to the United States to meet up and restart the DNSSEC system.^[3]

Kane runs ICB, registrars for the controversial .io ccTLD.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Kiss, Jemima. "Is there really a key to reboot the internet?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
^ "Trusted Community Representatives". IANA. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ Schneier, Bruce (July 28, 2010). "DNSSEC Root Key Split Among Seven People". Schneier on Security. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
^ McCarthy, Kieran (May 27, 2019). "Uh-oh .io: Question mark hangs over trendy tech startup domains as UN condemns British empire hangover. The Chagos Islands situation, already a shameful episode of UK history, just got worse". The Register. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

"Bath entrepreneur 'holds the key' to internet security". BBC News. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[kiss-1] Kiss, Jemima. "Is there really a key to reboot the internet?". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[2] "Trusted Community Representatives". IANA. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[3] Schneier, Bruce (July 28, 2010). "DNSSEC Root Key Split Among Seven People". Schneier on Security. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[4] McCarthy, Kieran (May 27, 2019). "Uh-oh .io: Question mark hangs over trendy tech startup domains as UN condemns British empire hangover. The Chagos Islands situation, already a shameful episode of UK history, just got worse". The Register. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

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