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Alrighty... Since you pointed out this article I already read. // QUOTE // "This is the U.S. government stepping forward and showing leadership," Douglas Maughan, an official with the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, told United Press International. // END // Strong leadership? What are they implying they will lead. They can't even lead their own security issues and I've yet to see anything on GCN, FCW implying that mil or gov servers had their DNS servers hijacked. So what is proposed that they will lead? // MORE // The DNS Security Extensions Protocol, or DNSSec, is designed to end such abuse by allowing the instantaneous authentication of DNS information -- effectively creating a series of digital keys for the system. One lingering question -- largely academic until now -- has been who should hold the key for the so-called DNS Root Zone, the part of the system that sits above the so-called Top Level Domains, like .com and .org. ... The draft lays out a series of options for who could be the holder, or "operator," of the Root Zone Key, essentially boiling down to a governmental agency or a contractor. // END //
// QUOTED // "Nowhere in the document do we make any proposal about the identity of the Root Key Operator," said Maughan, the cyber-security research and development manager for Homeland Security. // END QUOTE//
// QUOTE // "The Root Key Operator is going to be in a highly trusted position. It's going to be a highly trusted entity. The idea that anyone in that position would abuse it to spoof addresses is just silly." // END //
I can point out hundreds of contractors with the government who so blatantly con the government and circumvent laws. But that would be geared towards a political mailing list, not this one. So if we're to stick to the facts, getting the gist out of the article you chose... You just re-confirmed the US government's underlying desire to somehow control the root keys...
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