Afilias: Implementing DNSSEC for .info and Various Other Domains

Afilias, which operates .info and more than a dozen other Web site extensions, will announce on Monday plans to deploy an emerging standard known as DNSSEC that adds a layer of encryption to the Internet's Domain Name System. Will security worries propel DNS into the cloud? Afilias will deploy DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) on 13 of the domains it operates -- including .info, India's .in and the Hong Kong-based .asia -- by the end of the year. DNSSEC prevents spoofing attacks by allowing Web sites to verify their domain names and corresponding IP addresses using digital signatures and public-key encryption.

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