Jun, 2009 : Public Interest Registry Implements DNSSEC
📅 - .ORG becomes the first open top-level domain to be signed with domain name security extensions.
Public Interest Registry, the company behind the .ORG domain name, today announced that it is the first open generic top-level domain to successfully sign the .ORG zone file with Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC). To date, the .ORG zone is the largest domain registry to implement this security measure, claims the company.
It further adds that its proposal to implement DNSSEC within the .ORG zone was unanimously approved by the board of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after a thorough review by ICANN's Security and Stability Committee. As the first open generic Top Level Domain authorized to implement DNSSEC, .ORG launched the DNSSEC Industry Coalition in August 2008 to execute an industry wide education and adoption plan within the Internet infrastructure community.
The company claims that signing the .ORG zone is an important step to realizing full DNSSEC implementation across the Chain of Trust. It avers that it will initially take a phased approach to full production readiness with DNSSEC for end users.
"We feel that implementing DNSSEC is a fundamental step in the upgrade of Internet security and stability," says Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. "With continuing growth of the Internet and the increasing number of applications depending on the DNS, this is a critical step in the evolution of the Internet. Pioneering technologies which are in the public interest, such as DNSSEC, are core to .ORG's mission."
"This is a major step forward in improving security for Internet users and we congratulate PIR on this enormous accomplishment," said Ram Mohan Executive VP and CTO for Afilias, PIR's technology provider. "While Afilias' registry and DNS technology will ensure that the .ORG zone is properly signed with DNSSEC, the additional collaboration with testing partners during the quiet period will provide intelligence for live use scenarios to ensure for the best possible end user experience when .ORG owners add this technology to their domains."
"While DNSSEC will not solve all the problems associated with DNS, it is an important step towards increased authentication of DNS responses. I hope other Top-Level Domains will follow PIR's lead," says Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google.
Public Interest Registry, the company behind the .ORG domain name, today announced that it is the first open generic top-level domain to successfully sign the .ORG zone file with Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC). To date, the .ORG zone is the largest domain registry to implement this security measure, claims the company.
It further adds that its proposal to implement DNSSEC within the .ORG zone was unanimously approved by the board of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after a thorough review by ICANN's Security and Stability Committee. As the first open generic Top Level Domain authorized to implement DNSSEC, .ORG launched the DNSSEC Industry Coalition in August 2008 to execute an industry wide education and adoption plan within the Internet infrastructure community.
The company claims that signing the .ORG zone is an important step to realizing full DNSSEC implementation across the Chain of Trust. It avers that it will initially take a phased approach to full production readiness with DNSSEC for end users.
"We feel that implementing DNSSEC is a fundamental step in the upgrade of Internet security and stability," says Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. "With continuing growth of the Internet and the increasing number of applications depending on the DNS, this is a critical step in the evolution of the Internet. Pioneering technologies which are in the public interest, such as DNSSEC, are core to .ORG's mission."
"This is a major step forward in improving security for Internet users and we congratulate PIR on this enormous accomplishment," said Ram Mohan Executive VP and CTO for Afilias, PIR's technology provider. "While Afilias' registry and DNS technology will ensure that the .ORG zone is properly signed with DNSSEC, the additional collaboration with testing partners during the quiet period will provide intelligence for live use scenarios to ensure for the best possible end user experience when .ORG owners add this technology to their domains."
"While DNSSEC will not solve all the problems associated with DNS, it is an important step towards increased authentication of DNS responses. I hope other Top-Level Domains will follow PIR's lead," says Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google.
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