ICANN has postponed the deadline for updating name servers with the new root zone key signing key to early 2018 because too many ISPs and network operators are not ready, and that would cause DNSSEC ...

Rotating cryptographic keys is a security best practice, so it’s good news that ICANN has begun the process to change the root key pair underpinning the security of the DNS. While the chances of a ...

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A boost is expected in the near future in the adoption of the DNSSEC technology that establishes trust in the Domain Name System (DNS) - the mechanism responsible for translating website names into ...

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In a move that seems inspired by "The Lord of the Rings," seven "keys" have been handed out to a trusted circle of people who might get called upon to "save" the Internet in the aftermath of a cyber ...

Like IPv6, DNSSEC is one of those great forward-looking protocols that unfortunately hasn't seen wide adoption yet. Before I implemented it myself, I could see why. Although some people think BIND ...

With more than 47 million domain names under management, GoDaddy has a huge DNS infrastructure that it has upgraded to support the emerging Internet security standard known as DNSSEC for DNS Security ...

The DNS is fragile they say. Not only is it another one of those old Internet protocols that was never designed to handle either the load or the level of attack to which it is subjected today, but the ...

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I've been messing around with Unbound (1.4.8) in FreeBSD (8.2-REL 64 bit), and really like it for its simplicity over BIND for client facing lookups. However I am running into issues when I turn on ...