If you hear about the "keys to the Internet," the topic usually relates to a 
very specific thing — a digital key that is used to verify the security of the 
Domain Name System (DNS). The concept of a master key that controls such an 
essential function sounds like it is lifted from spy novels. It has been the 
subject of many stories, television, and radio shows, that focus on the idea 
that seven people hold keys to the Internet. These fictionalized accounts, and 
some of the journalistic reporting, can overplay its significance. Let's 
explore in simple terms what these keys are and how it's all managed.

 

https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-key-to-the-internet-and-key-ceremonies-an-explainer-11-07-2023-en

 

Fahd Batayneh

ICANN

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