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INTERNET SOCIETY EMBRACES DOMAIN NAME SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

ISOC.org is the first .ORG domain to put into production domain name "tamper 
proof packaging"

BRUSSELS, Belgium – 23 June 2010 – The Internet Society today announced that 
it has deployed DNSSEC, a set of extensions to the domain name system that 
provides a level of assurance, for its ISOC.org domain. The announcement 
builds on today’s announcement by the Public Interest Registry that they have 
implemented DNSSEC for the entire .ORG top-level domain.

“We are pleased to be among the first organisations in the .ORG top level 
domain to deploy DNSSEC, as DNSSEC provides an important building block for 
increasing user confidence in the Internet”, said Lynn St.Amour, President 
and CEO of the Internet Society. “Implementing DNSSEC for the .ORG top-level 
domain is an important step in ensuring the global Internet serves as a 
trusted channel for communication and collaboration and we applaud the Public 
Interest Registry's efforts in this area”.

DNSSEC ensures the integrity of domain name data, complementing technologies 
such as SSL, which ensures the integrity of the content of a webpage’s 
transmission.

“DNSSEC acts like tamper-proof packaging to make sure that when you type in 
the website name of your bank you actually get the server IP address your 
bank wants you to use, ” said Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology 
Officer of the Internet Society. “In this way, DNSSEC allows us to have more 
confidence in the online activities that are increasingly becoming a part of 
our lives at work, home, and school.”

DNSSEC technology used today is the result of careful protocol engineering 
and standardisation within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the 
premier Internet standards body in the world; implementation by various DNS 
vendors; and operational trials by DNS operators. In addition to .ORG, DNSSEC 
is currently implemented by several country-specific top-level domains: 
Brazil (.br), Bulgaria (.bg), Czech Republic (.cz), Puerto Rico (.pr), and 
Sweden (.se).

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to 
provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. ISOC 
is the organisational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the 
Internet's premier technical standards body. With offices in Washington, 
D.C., and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open 
development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of people 
throughout the world. For more information see:
http://ISOC.org

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