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RIPE issues new app to gauge DNSSEC readiness:

Posted by Jeffrey Dewhurst in Uncategorized on January 4, 2010

RIPE NCC has released an application to help network administrators determine the maximum size of DNS responses that a resolver can receive so they can prepare their networks and resolvers for a signed root zone. For additional discussion of how to test whether your site is ready for DNSSEC and what to do to prepare, read Olafur Gudmundsson’s discussion.

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Report on DNSSEC administrative tools released:

Posted by Jeffrey Dewhurst in Uncategorized on January 4, 2010

Dot-SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation) has released a [now final] report it commissioned from independent IT security firm Certezza focused on the functionality of signing and key management tools. The report notes, “the product standard is good and the tested products work as expected.”

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Google launches Public DNS:

Posted by Jeffrey Dewhurst in Uncategorized on January 4, 2010

Google launched a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, offering it as “an alternative to your current DNS provider.”  The new service supports EDNS0 extensions, accepting and forwarding DNSSEC-formatted messages, but does “not yet” validate responses.

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