Better Security on the Way for .org Domains

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.

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NewsLeading Chinese Search Engine Sues US Domain Registrar Over Hacking

Posted 01/20/10 at 08:59:08 PM by Pulkit Chandna

China's leading search engine Baidu has pinned the entire blame for the recent attack on its site on American domain registrar Register.com. The hackers, who identified themselves as the Iranian Cyber Army, had disrupted Baidu's services for hours on January 12. They diverted all traffic meant for Baidu.com – the Chinese site (Baidu.cn) wasn't affected – to a page maintained by them.

Baidu has wasted little time in slamming Register.com with a lawsuit for "gross negligence" on the latter's part. It said in a statement that the registrar's negligence abetted the attack on its site. But the domain registrar believes that Baidu has no case against it and its suit is without merit.

"Register.com takes cyber-terrorism very seriously and we are working closely with federal law enforcement officials who are investigating this crime as well as the recent similar attacks on Twitter and Google," a spokesperson for Register.com said. The same group that hacked Baidu had also attacked Twitter last month.