".ORG, The Public Interest Registry initiated this coalition to encourage industry collaboration and streamline implementations for early widespread adoption of DNSSEC," says Alexa Raad, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry. "Encouraging the adoption of needed upgrades to the DNS infrastructure in the interest of the greater good is a core part of the .ORG mission."
In the Coalition members are gathered from across the industry to facilitate adoption and share best practices. Coalition members include Top-Level domain registries of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, the .org registry operator; Afilias Limited, the .info registry operator; .SE (the Internet Infrastructure Foundation), the .se registry operator; EDUCAUSE, the .edu registry operator; Nominet, the .uk registry operator; VeriSign, Inc., the .com, .net, .tv, and .cc registry operator; and NeuStar, Inc., the .biz and .us registry operator. The coalition is also supported by industry security experts such as Shinkuro; NL Net Labs; Internet Society; Kirei AB; and Secure64 Software Corporation. With DNSSEC, Internet users know that their Internet-based communications such as web site visits and email correspondence actually connect to the parties they intend to reach. DNSSEC thwarts attacks such as pharming, cache poisoning, and DNS redirection that have been used to commit fraud, distribute malware, or steal personal or confidential information. For more information on DNSSEC, please visit http://www.dnssec-deployment.org.
"The
DNS is the place where an attacker has the most leverage and DNSSEC
could have a significant impact on thwarting attacks to the many and
varied applications that use the DNS and the infrastructure itself,"
says Paul Mockapetris, the founder of the Domain Name System and Chief
Scientist and Chairman of the Board of Nominum, Inc. "Digital
signature technology is profoundly important to the future of the DNS,
and having industry experts work together to test DNSSEC in production
is the only way to reduce theory to practice."
Membership to
the DNSSEC Industry Coalition is open to domain name registries and
industry securities experts. Hailing itself as an action oriented
group, it seeks organizations willing to contribute and support the
widespread adoption of DNSSEC. For more information on the DNSSEC
Coalition, please visit http://dnsseccoalition.org.
About .ORG, The Public Interest Registry
Trusted across all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, .ORG is where people turn to find credible information, get involved, fund causes and support advocacy. .ORG, The Public Interest Registry empowers the global noncommercial community to use the Internet more effectively and, concurrently, takes a leadership position among Internet stakeholders on policy and related issues. The .ORG domain is the Internet's third largest "generic" or non-country specific top-level domain with more than 7 million domain names registered worldwide. .ORG, The Public Interest Registry, was founded by the Internet Society in 2002. It is based in Reston, Virginia, USA.
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