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On June 23, 2010, Ms. Alexa Raad, PIR CEO, announced at an ICANN 38 Brussels press conference that .org has become the first generic top-level domain to offer full deployment of [[DNSSEC]]. The DNSSEC has become the most robust security protocol on the internet as of 2010, and registrars who have implemented DNSSEC in their system can "offer added security protection to their customers by enabling .org website owners to sign their respective domain name with validation keys."<ref>http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf</ref>
On June 23, 2010, Ms. Alexa Raad, PIR CEO, announced at an ICANN 38 Brussels press conference that .org has become the first generic top-level domain to offer full deployment of [[DNSSEC]]. The DNSSEC has become the most robust security protocol on the internet as of 2010, and registrars who have implemented DNSSEC in their system can "offer added security protection to their customers by enabling .org website owners to sign their respective domain name with validation keys."<ref>http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf</ref>
The benefit of DNSSEC to a .org registrant is the [http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf "added ability to thwart the increased predominance of attacks like pharming, cache poisoning, [[DNS]] redirection and domain hijacking - all of which have been used to commit fraud, distribute malware and identity theft."]
The benefit of DNSSEC to a .org registrant is the "added ability to thwart the increased predominance of attacks like pharming, cache poisoning, [[DNS]] redirection and domain hijacking - all of which have been used to commit fraud, distribute malware and identity theft."<ref>http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf</ref>
== Miscellaneous ==
== Miscellaneous ==
- There are [http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf 8.5 million domains registered under the .org domain] as of end of July 2010.
- There are 8.5 million domains registered under the .org domain as of end of July 2010.<ref>http://www.pir.org/pdf/dashboard_1H_2010.pdf</ref>
- The gTLD registry celebrated its 25th anniversary of existence in June 2010 by hosting a birthday bash during Music Night at ICANN 38 Brussels.
- The gTLD registry celebrated its 25th anniversary of existence in June 2010 by hosting a birthday bash during Music Night at ICANN 38 Brussels.