Better Security on the Way for .org Domains

Posted 03/12/2010 at 5:36am | by Paul Lilly

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Summer is almost here, and that spells good news for millions of non-profit organizations. Why is that? Starting in June, the Public Interest Registry plans to add another layer of security known as DSN Security Extensions to the .org domain, eWeek.com reports.

The move will protect .org websites from "cache poisoning," which is a method whereby traffic is redirected from a legitimate website to a fake one.

"When we first announced last year the signing of our zone, we showed that DNSSEC was not a utopian vision, but that it was needed for the future of the Internet," says Alexa Raad, CEO of The Public Interest Registry. "Everything runs on DNS. If you believe that there are going to continue to be more applications that run on DNS, then you have to think about DNSSEC."

The move should go off without a hitch. According to Jim Galvin, director of strategic partnerships and technical standards with Afilias, the back-end services provider for the Public Interest Registry, testing has gone smoothly.