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		neillyons on March 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The History of the URL > Root DNS servers operate in safes, inside locked cages. A clock sits on the safe to ensure the camera feed hasn’t been looped. That is cool. Does anyone have any more info? Perhaps a picture?

zackbloom on March 5, 2020 [–]

I saw one at a data center in El Segundo once. It was 2011 and about 60% of the DC was a single guy sitting on the floor quietly packing up MySpace servers.

rcaught on March 6, 2020 | [–]

Was it Tom Anderson?

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