News broke this week about an attack in Puerto Rico that caused the local websites of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Coca-Cola, PayPal, Nike, Dell and Nokia to be redirected for a few hours to a phony website. The website was all black except for a taunting message from the computer hacker responsible for the attack.
40 years ago the Request for Comments (RFC) process for the Internet was born. The RFC process continues to be the way Internet protocols are expressed today. We have one very special man to thank for this and his name is Dr. Stephen D. Crocker.
The DNSSEC Industry Coalition conducted its first face to face meeting on Friday, March 13, 2009 at Google’s Washington, DC office. Google’s fun filled meeting room was packed with organizations that share a keen interest in DNS Security through the implementation of DNSSEC.
It’s been 15 long years since the standard for DNSSEC was developed and sadly adoption has been painfully low until recently, thanks to Dan Kaminsky, the infamous Internet Researcher who indentified that gaping hole in the DNS. The discovery of the fundamental flaw in DNS sparked industry wide attention! Every day, we move a little closer to widespread DNSSEC adoption, so I thought I’d take a moment and highlight some of the most notable milestones.
.ORG just reached another milestone in its campaign to expand into international growth markets with Chinese IDNs in .ORG. We invite you to join us in this initiative on 28 February 2009. An FAQ and Registrar Manual detailing the .ORG Chinese IDN will be available on 29 December 2008. We will also open an optional OT&E environment beginning 22 January 2009. We are greatly looking forward to your participation!
I had the opportunity this past week to meet Dan Kaminsky, Internet Security Researcher with IOActive. Yes, “THE DAN KAMINSKY” that discovered that little bug in the Domain Name System (DNS).
As the term DNSSEC becomes mainstream, so does the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) around it. Thankfully much has changed after the Kaminsky report, but FUD will still prevail unless we and other industry players take on the role of “FUD BUSTERS“. So here is my call for industry collaboration to address DNSSEC FUD.
As the term DNSSEC becomes mainstream, so does the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) around it. Thankfully much has changed after the Kaminsky report, but FUD will still prevail unless we and other industry players take on the role of “FUD BUSTERS“. So here is my call for industry collaboration to address DNSSEC FUD.
