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Kaminsky Calls For DNSSEC Adoption

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David_Dunlap 23 February, 2009 10:26:00
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The much-debated protocol to help secure the Domain Name System received a big boost today when DNS security guru Dan Kaminsky said the industry must adopt the DNSSEC protocol.

Kaminsky, who discovered the now-infamous big DNS flaw last year and got the vendor community to patch it, had for some time mostly dismissed DNSSEC as a DNS security solution. But after studying the specification more closely, Kaminsky -- who discussed his newfound support for DNSSEC here during his Black Hat DC presentation -- said DNSSEC could remedy some of DNS' security weaknesses. ... Go to source


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