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US Government Won't Cede Control Over DNS Root Zone

2008-08-01 10:54:13 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...root zone file. ICANN manages the DNS root zone, but according to terms of an agreement between it and the NTIA. The distribution of changes in the zone file to the various root servers across the world is performed by VeriSign. ICANN's authority to administer various aspects of the Internet DNS derives from agreements with the Commerce...
 
Tags: control, dns root zone, baker, joint project agreement, agreement, baker letter pulls, letter, internet dns derives, internet
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Government Won't Cede Control Over DNS Root Zone

2008-08-01 10:54:13 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...root zone file. ICANN manages the DNS root zone, but according to terms of an agreement between it and the NTIA. The distribution of changes in the zone file to the various root servers around the world is performed by VeriSign. The authority of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to administer various aspects of the...
 
Tags: control, dns root zone, baker, joint project agreement, agreement, baker letter pulls, internet, letter, internet domain
 
 
 
 
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Root of Trust ?

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2008-09-29 18:33:27 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
...root, but for the moment theres just a handful of trust anchors one level down from that. One such anchor is the .se country code domain for Sweden. Additionally, Brazil (.br), Puerto Rico (.pr), and Bulgaria (.bg) have signed their zones, but thats about it for today So, wishing to get some experience with the brave new world of DNSSEC, I...
 
Tags: key, public key servers, trust, iis root key, key 0xf440ee9b, pgp, pgp nyckel-id, public key server, pgp key
 
 
 
 
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Orphaned Symantec Root Certificates

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2007-08-02 15:12:18 by Editor in Cheap Hack
...Root Certificates dialog on one of my Vista systems and noticed something odd. The selected certificate is one of two Symantec certificates. Three things are of interest, and you can see the first two in the picture: The purposes for the certificate are " ". Usually certificates are listed as being used for a more limited set of purposes,...
 
Tags: symantec, symantec products, system unstable, symantec loans, system, norton removal tool, expect normal users, vista systems, sign malware
 
 
 
 
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Threat modeling and root cause correction

2008-03-26 10:46:41 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Threat modeling is a good way to understand how an attacker can potentially reach his intended target. Using attack trees, analysts identify paths to the target and efficient ways to block an attacker's progress. The best block is to eliminate root cause. Microsoft apparently missed this piece
 
Tags: threat, microsoft apparently, target, attack trees, root, block, attacker, piece, reach
 
 
 
 
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DNSSEC and Root Zone Signing

2008-11-24 11:15:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
I posted a " Position on DNSSEC and Root Zone Signing" commentary over on the Security Practice Blog
 
Tags: root zone, security practice blog, dnssec, commentary, position
 
 
 
 
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Experts to Feds: Sign the DNS root ASAP

2008-11-25 00:00:00 by Carolyn Duffy Marsan in Network World on Security
 
Internet security gurus and leading vendors are urging the U.S. federal government to rapidly deploy security and authentication mechanisms at the top level of the DNS hierarchy, which is known as the root zone
 
Tags: internet security gurus, rapidly deploy security, root zone, authentication mechanisms, top level, federal government, dns hierarchy, vendors
 
 
 
 
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Enabling hierarchical nant builds

2008-03-07 05:49:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...root build script is what gets run automatically by Cruise Control My root script defines a bunch of properties, like where the output directories for the overall build live, where the tools live, and so on. And that works fine when I run the build from the root. The properties get defined, all the child scripts are run with tasks, and they...
 
Tags: nant, root script defines, script, root, task, simple nant task, root nant project, return path, return
 
 
 
 
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Enabling hierarchical nant builds

2008-03-07 12:49:00 by keith-brown in Security Briefs
 
...root build script is what gets run automatically by Cruise Control My root script defines a bunch of properties, like where the output directories for the overall build live, where the tools live, and so on. And that works fine when I run the build from the root. The properties get defined, all the child scripts are run with tasks, and they...
 
Tags: nant, root script defines, script, root, task, simple nant task, root nant project, return path, return
 
 
 
 
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Enabling hierarchical nant builds