By Nikki Patel Afilias Global Registry Services Logo (TCP/IP World) — Afilias, a global provider of internet infrastructure today announced that it has been able to secure domain names by enabling Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .GI (Gibraltar), for .MN (Mongolia) and .SC (Seychelles). Ram Mohan, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer [...]

The DNS query load for VeriSign was around 62 billion everday on average for 2nd quarter of 2010. This was a sixteen percent hike from the 1st quarter this year. Annually, the daily average saw an increase of twenty-eight percent. With all this growth there has been great industry progress in implementing DNSSEC (Domain Name [...]

(TCPIPWorld.com) Fake spam-based websites are being tackled by updating the root servers at the core of the internet.  The outcome of this upgrade is more secure online shopping websites and less fraudulent ones. With an added element called domain name system security extension (DNSSEC), online shoppers will be less likely to be victim to fake [...]

  (TCPIPWorld.com) RIPE NCC, an internet infrastructure company celebrates its publication of a root zone key that they claim will bring about a more secure web. The organization said that this new key will enable the deployment of Domain Name Server Security Extensions (DNSSEC).  This guarantees that when users type in a certain domain server [...]

.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that three leading registrars  - Go Daddy, DynDNS.com and NamesBeyond – now support Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for .ORG domain names, adding an extra layer of security for all .ORG domain name holders. The news comes on the heels of .ORG’s announcement at ICANN Brussels [...]

VeriSign, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!vrsn/quotes/nls/vrsn (VRSN 28.80, +0.22, +0.75%) , the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, today announced a key achievement in the ongoing effort to improve the integrity of Internet communications and transactions via DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). As of last evening, DNSSEC — a critical security technology — became enabled [...]