Government Begins Securing Root Zone File

Death Metal notes a Wired piece on the US government beginning the process of securing the root zone file. This is in service of implementing DNSSEC, without which the DNS security hole found by Dan Kaminsky can't be definitively closed. On Thursday morning, a comment period will open on the various proposals on who should hold the keys and sign the root — ICANN, Verisign, or the US government's NTIA.

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I believe DNSSEC is unnecessory...

[nweaver]

I believe DNSSEC is unnecessary to counter the Kaminski attack.

See draft-weaver-dnsext-comprehensive-resolver-00 for how I believe you can secure resolvers against attacks less powerful than MitM, including Kaminski (race-until-win) attacks.

You, sir, are evil and twisted.

[Crazy Taco]

Countries like the USA, you mean? Seriously, did you ever try to protest at an RNC, for instance? I did, and I can tell you that it sure makes you wonder exactly which nation you're in, anyway.

Right, and those of us from Minnesota know ALL ABOUT your protests at the RNC. Let's see, at this year's RNC in Minneapolis we had mass rioting, bricks thrown through windows of business and destruction of property, an attempted bus-jacking, fires, attacking of delegates from multiple states, throwing feces and urine on delegates, attacking police officers and a vast number of other crimes.

In the pre-RNC raid by the Ramsey County Sherriff's department of the "RNC Welcoming Committee" apartments, police found molotov cocktails, nail bombs, gasoline tanks and other explosives, buckets of urine and all variety of other ordnance. Despite these raids, numerous people were still injured by these people during the riots. Even the liberal mayor of St. Paul applauded the actions of law enforcement and the excellent job they did it keeping the carnage from getting worse.

So, the only thing that makes me wonder what country I'm in is that fact that depraved idiots like you are running around lose. People like you are lower than low, defending these tactics and smearing the law enforcement officers. These were not "peace protesters". These were terrorists and anarchists by anyone's definition, and no quarter should be given to them. And frankly, no quarter will be given to you either. You, luckily for you, are given the right of free speech by the rest of us true American citizens, but I will not stand by and let you spew your garbage and hate without reminding others what really happened in Minneapolis at the RNC. People like you are truly evil and immensely twisted and warped if you can defend any of the violent activities the went on during the "protests" (read: riots). And if you were a participant, you deserve to be thrown in jail, or better yet, exiled to a place like Pakistan, Iran, or Syria. Your kind have no place in a free and peaceful democracy.