us: Homeland Security grabs for net’s master keys
The US Department of Homeland Security is pushing to get hold of the master keys for a proposed revision of the internet’s domain name system. The shortcomings of the present DNS have been known for years but difficulties in devising a system that offers backward compatability while scaling to millions of nodes on the net have slowed down the implementation of its successor, DNSSEC.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/03/dns_master_key_controversy/
us: Homeland Security grabs for net’s master keys
The US Department of Homeland Security is pushing to get hold of the master keys for a proposed revision of the internet’s domain name system. The shortcomings of the present DNS have been known for years but difficulties in devising a system that offers backward compatability while scaling to millions of nodes on the net have slowed down the implementation of its successor, DNSSEC.