Monitoring Tools for Domain Name System (DNS) Security Deployment

Abstract

The Domain Name System (DNS) converts names such as www.afrl.mil into IP addresses that can be used for communication. It is an essential part of almost every Internet application, but lacks authentication mechanisms. The DNS Security Extensions address this problem and add origin authentication into the system. Deployment of the security extensions is now beginning and this project monitors that early deployment. The project provides real-time deployment tracking and identifies several operational challenges and barriers that must be overcome for this system to succeed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA474596

Entities

People

  • Daniel F. Massey

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Authentication
  • Best Practices
  • Computer Network Security
  • Deployment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • Infrastructure
  • Internet
  • Monitoring
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Security
  • User Interface
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Educational Psychology
  • Software Engineering.