Watch network engineers save the world, one server at a time

Alaska Miller — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Last week we learned from Dan Kaminsky that DNS servers — computers that translate domain names into the numerical IP addresses machines use to locate each other on the Internet — had a security issue, all around the world, that made them vulnerable to hackers. In fact HD Moore, the man who wrote an exploit for the bug got hacked himsef. Here's a time-lapse video showing the progression of network engineers working overtime to apply software patches to servers.

Gawker: valleywag, sysadmin porn

Watch network engineers save the world, one server at a time