Yesterday, the DNS root zone was signed. This is an important step in the deployment of DNSSEC, the mechanism that will finally secure the DNS against manipulation by malicious third parties. The ...

If improperly configured, the DNS server may respond with information about the requested zone, revealing internal network structure and potentially sensitive information,” the US-CERT advisory ...

In a historic decision on Friday, the United States has decided to give up control of the authoritative root zone file, which contains all names and addresses of all top-level domain names.