[General] Internet Engineers Collaborate On Open Source Project To Secure the Domain Name System

[Bashar Al-Abdulhadi]

The OpenDNSSEC project announces the development of Open Source software 
that manages the security of domain names on the Internet. The project 
intends to drive adoption of Domain Name System Security Extensions 
(DNSSEC) to further enhance Internet security.

Industry leaders including .SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation), 
NLNetLabs, Nominet, Kirei, SURFnet, SIDN and John Dickinson have come 
together to create open source software that promises to make it easier 
to deploy DNSSEC. The group's primary aim is to further protect the 
Internet by increasing the security for end-users.

Removing the manual aspect of deploying DNSSEC using the open source 
software is set to make it easier for Internet service providers, web 
hosting companies and name service operators to deploy DNSSEC, which 
will significantly increase the number of DNSSEC users.

Specialists can download a preview of the OpenDNSSEC technology in order 
to gain experience with the OpenDNSSEC software, and give feedback to 
the project. It is available from http://www.OpenDNSSEC.org


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