US Govt Holding Up DNSSEC
Sometimes we “Techies” have to take the law into our own hands. Domain Name System (DNS) security has been a hot topic as of late due to exploits like the “Kaminsky Bug“. As of right now, a protocol called Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is percieved to alleviate some serious shortcomings in the DNS infrastructure that is at the heart of the Internet. Due to the inaction of the US federal government to sign root name servers which is a necessary first step to implement DNSSEC, the community has taken control. A work around called Interim Trust Anchor Repository (ITAR) has been worked up by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Let’s hope this gets us started on shoring up our global DNS services because at this point, it’s kinda scary. Network World has a great write up on the topic : Techies end-run feds on DNS security
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