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SUMMARY:The Domain Name System in 2013 – The political and technical lan
 dscape -  Simon McCalla - CTO\, Nominet UK
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be given by Simon McCalla (CTO\, Nominet) and Ro
 y Arends (Research Fellow\, Nominet).\n\n\nA whistle stop tour through the
  current international landscape of the global Domain Name System\, lookin
 g at the politics and technical issues behind one of the fundamental found
 ations of the modern internet. In 2013\, the DNS faces its largest ever ex
 pansion due to the introduction of nearly 2000 new global Top Level Domain
 s into the root of the internet. At the same time\, this very system is be
 ing challenged by technical threats and social change. We will look at som
 e interesting insights into the behaviour of the UK DNS and discuss some o
 f the technical challenges facing this incredible system around the globe.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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