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Domain Name System Security Extensions (view source)
Revision as of 22:01, 4 February 2011
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==Short Overview==
==Short Overview==
DNSSEC is generally referred to as DNS Security Extensions. Its main goal is to protect against [[Data Spoofing|data spoofing]] and corruption. Initially, it was called only [[DNS]] (Domain Name System) and did not include security extensions. The main DNSSEC extensions are specified by RFC4033, RFC4034, and RFC4035. There are also some additional [[RFC]]s which provide supporting information.
DNSSEC is short for "DNS Security Extensions". Its main goal is to protect against [[Data Spoofing|data spoofing]] and corruption. Initially, it was called only [[DNS]] (Domain Name System) and did not include security extensions. The main DNSSEC extensions are specified by RFC4033, RFC4034, and RFC4035. There are also some additional [[RFC]]s which provide supporting information.
Apart from the new DNS server and client concepts, DNSSEC introduces to DNS the following 4 new resource records: [[DNSKEY]], [[RRSIG]], [[NSEC]] and [[DS]].
Apart from the new DNS server and client concepts, DNSSEC introduces to DNS the following 4 new resource records: [[DNSKEY]], [[RRSIG]], [[NSEC]] and [[DS]].