Search results for:
*DNSSEC
-
Premium Content
03/23/2012
Cybersecurity
Major ISPs, including AT&T , Comcast , Cox , Time Warner Cable and Verizon , have committed to implementing a set of voluntary cybersecurity recommendations. The suggestions came out of the FCC 's
-
Premium Content
02/23/2012
Cyber Security
Loud applause from the cable industry following FCC chmn Julius Genachowski 's speech Wed on the need for industry-led solutions to combat the threat of cyber attacks. NCTA said it agreed that "voluntary
-
08/25/2010
Comcast Posts DNSSEC Update
On Comcast’s corporate blog, Chris Griffiths, manager, DNS Engineering in Innovation, has given an update on the MSO’s production network trial of DNSSEC, a technology that adds security to DNS (the telephone book for the Internet). Comcast’s trial began in February. Griffiths wrote: "Since that time our trials have gone very well, and the pace […]
-
07/22/2009
DNSSEC Achieves Milestones within .ORG
.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), has announced key milestones with Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC). With DNSSEC, Internet users know that their Internet-based communications such as web site visits and email correspondence actually connect to the parties they intend to reach. DNSSEC thwarts attacks such as pharming, cache poisoning, and DNS redirection that have […]
-
05/20/2009
Secure64 Earns IPv6 Ready Gold Certification
Secure64 Software Corporation has received IPv6 Ready gold certification from the IPv6 Forum for its family of DNS and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) products. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet layer protocol for packet-switched internetworks and the Internet. IPv6 was developed in order to address the shrinking number of remaining IPv4 addresses, which were […]
-
03/17/2009
DNSSEC Aims to Fix Vulnerabilities
Commonly described as the phone book for the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates and translates a colossal number of hostnames and IP addresses. The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of specifications aimed at weaknesses in this system. Although there are many hurdles left in the deployment of DNSSEC, it got a […]