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At long last, internet's root zone to be secured
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 03:40:23 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/dnssec_coming/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 4th June 2009 The US government said Wednesday it plans to digitally sign the internet's root zone by the end of the year, a move that would end years of inaction securing the internet's most important asset. The US Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said it was turning to ICANN, or the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and VeriSign to implement the measure, which is known as DNSSEC. In October, the two organizations submitted separate proposals that offered sharply contrasting visions for putting the complicated framework in place. "The parties are working on an interim approach to deployment, by year's end, of a security technology - Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) - at the authoritative root zone (i.e., the address book) of the internet," a statement issued by the NTIA read. "There will be further consultations with the internet technical community as the testing and implementation plans are developed." The statement left many unanswered questions about the roll-out, most notably the specific roles of the two organizations. It also omitted details about exactly how far the temporary solution would go and when a permanent fix can be expected. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org
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