Open-source Project Aims to Makes Secure DNS Easier

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 31, 2009 7:27 PM EDT
PC World; By Jeremy Kirk
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A group of developers has released open-source software that gives administrators a hand in making the Internet's addressing system less vulnerable to hackers. The software, called OpenDNSSEC, automates many tasks associated with implementing DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions), which is a set a set of protocols that allows DNS (Domain Name System) records to carry a digital signature, said John A. Dickinson, a DNS consultant working on the project.

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