The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced plans to complete the final step to realizing full DNSSEC deployment in the .ORG registry by accepting second level signed .ORG zones beginning in June of 2010.
All registrars can now plan to offer an additional security service to their customers. The benefits of DNSSEC include the ability to thwart the increasing predominance of attacks like pharming, cache poisoning, and DNS redirection that have been used to commit fraud, distribute malware, and/or identity theft. DNSSEC, an upgrade to the internet infrastructure, protects Internet resolvers (clients) from forged DNS data, such as that created by DNS cache poisoning.
"This announcement, coupled with recent ones by Comcast, various ccTLDs and even ICANN, is an important signal not only for application providers, ISPs, and telcos, but also for registrars to begin planning their implementation and addressing the customers' need for enhanced security," said Alexa Raad, chief executive officer of PIR. "Ensuring Internet security and stability are among our highest priorities. Being the first to fully deploy DNSSEC positions .ORG registrants will be amongst the first to safeguard their users from escalating security threats, especially as Internet usage continues to grow exponentially."
For more details check out www.pir.org