July 28, 2010 The deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) earlier this month marked a significant step toward Internet security. According to Dyne, Inc. CEO Jerry Hitchcock, the DNS Root is now signed and validatable. "Over the next few weeks, TLDs (Top Level Domains) which are already signed will be submitting their DS records to the root to support end-to-end validation for about 10% of all top level domains," he said. Hitchcock is a member of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC), which advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems. "Now that there is a signed root, the march continues for TLDs to sign their zone," he said, writing on the DNSSEC's website. William Jackson, writing in Government Computer News’ Cybereye column, says the DNS root zone contains the records needed to resolve the domain names to IP addresses for routing Internet traffic and is operated by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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