.eu DNSSEC chain of trust complete
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Brussels, 6 September 2010 - EURid, the registry for the .eu top-level domain,
is pleased to announce that .eu has a complete 'chain of trust' for Domain Name
System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), an Internet security standard, with the
addition of .eu DNSSEC key material to the Internet's root zone.
The .eu zone was enabled for DNSSEC on 15 June 2010 knowing that the Internet's
highest level, the root zone, would become DNSSEC-compliant at a future date.
Indeed, DNSSEC was fully deployed at the Internet root zone during July 2010
creating a single trust anchor. EURid's application to insert .eu DNSSEC key
material into the root, therefore completing the chain of trust for .eu, was
concluded on 2 September 2010. This makes .eu one of the safest top-level
domains.
"The completion of the DNSSEC chain of trust means that everyone visiting a
website using a signed .eu domain name can be confident of its legitimacy since
name server responses can now be validated all the way up to the Internet root
zone," says Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager of EURid. "As such, .eu is
amongst the first top-level domains to have full DNSSEC-support, fulfilling our
objective to be at the forefront of implementing Internet security measures via
proven standards."
"EURid encourages .eu domain name holders, through their registrars, to sign
their .eu domain names with DNSSEC, therefore adding digital signatures to all
levels in the chain," continues Marc Van Wesemael. He also observes that as an
ever-increasing number of .eu websites become DNSSEC-compliant, European
businesses and consumers will benefit from the collective online protection
brought to the .eu top-level domain.
DNSSEC is a protocol that verifies and validates name server responses from the
bottom up through a chain of trust, thereby making the Domain Name System (DNS)
more secure against web traffic interception attacks. Digital signatures are
attached to DNS data - a process known as signing - so the origin and integrity
of this data can be verified as it crosses the Internet. All name servers used
to look up DNS data (such as a website IP address or an email delivery location)
check the validity of the signed data, preserving trust throughout the hierarchy
for website owners and users.
About .eu and EURid
The .eu domain ranks among the ten largest top-level domains in the world,
connecting 500 million people in 27 EU countries to one Internet identity. More
than three million .eu names have been registered since the domain opened for
registration in 2005. Many companies use a .eu website as a practical solution
to convey a clear European identity, including Bridgestone, Century 21, Hyundai,
the MAN Group, Microsoft and the UniCredit Group.
EURid is the not-for-profit organisation appointed by the European Commission to
operate the .eu top-level domain. EURid works with around 850 accredited
registrars and provides support in the 23 official EU languages. With
headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), EURid also has regional offices in Pisa
(Italy), Prague (the Czech Republic) and Stockholm (Sweden). More information at
http://www.eurid.eu.
For media information, please contact:
Megan Vosloo, Communications Officer Phone: +32 (0)2 401 3019
Email:press(at)eurid.eu
Press room:http://www.eurid.eu/en/press-room
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Press release (PDF):
http://hugin.info/136310/R/1442624/386887.pdf
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