Igp Proposal: Highlights Global Nature of Digital Security
EContent › Vol. 30 Nbr. 6, July 2007
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The Internet Governance Project (IGP) has worked since 2004 to advance the discussion of global Internet governance. Its work took a public turn in May when the IGP released a proposal to decentralize authority over domain-name system (DNS) authority. As DNS evolves to be more secure, in the form of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a number of issues have been raised. In particular, for DNSSEC to be as secure as possible, the root-zone file must be digitally signed. The US Department of Homeland Security released a draft for comment last October of a DNSSEC implementation plan that it developed. Although the plan reportedly made no overt mention that the holder of the root-zone key should be a government agency or contractor, many who read the draft came to that conclusion.
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Igp Proposal: Highlights Global Nature of Digital Security
the Internet Governance Project (IGP) has worked since 2004 to advance the discussion of global internet governance. Its work took a public turn in May when the IGP released a proposal to decentralize authority over domain-name system (DNS)...
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