A giant step for Internet security.
From the DNSSEC deployment site:
Culminating years of effort on the part of many public and private organizations and individuals, ICANN has now confirmed the root zone is signed and available, and has published the root zone trust anchor so that root operators can begin to serve the signed root zone with actual keys. Initiative partner and Shinkuro CEO Steve Crocker said:
This is a very special day. Very, very many people, working for many years all over the world made this day possible. Like the golden spike that completed the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, the signing of the root completes the basic platform for building new levels of trust on the Internet.
Posted by Graveline in Uncategorized on July 15, 2010
“DNSSEC Decoded,” a half-day seminar sponsored by Secure64, will take place July 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in Washington, DC, at the International Spy Museum’s Zola Restaurant.
Speakers include Initiative partner and NIST computer scientist Scott Rose and Microsoft Federal Group Chief Security Officer Bill Billings. Breakfast is included in the event, and the speakers will discuss why U.S. federal agencies’ internal networks are targets for theft of confidential information; how DNSSEC protects internal and external domains from hijacking; DNSSEC deployment requirements and FISMA requirements that pertain to DNSSEC; and case studies from other federal agencies. Seating is limited; you also may listen to a recording of the event with the chance to ask questions of the speakers.
Posted by Graveline in Uncategorized on July 15, 2010
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke yesterday addressed a meeting of the federal agencies participating in a government-wide cybersecurity policy review, citing DNSSEC as a significant accomplishment in securing the Internet, on the eve of the signing of the root zone. His remarks included these words:
One of the Commerce Department’s most important accomplishments will go into effect tomorrow when DNSSEC is deployed at the root of the Domain Name System.
This action will essentially give a “tamper proof seal” to the address book of the Internet – a seal that gives Internet users confidence in their online experience.
And I’d like to thank the Department’s partners in this effort — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and VeriSign. This effort is an excellent example of public – private cooperation, which included extensive domestic and international community consultation.
For more see Network World: Internet takes DNSSEC on board
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