p2pnet.net news:- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants a master key to, “sign the DNS root zone solidly in the hands of the US government,” says Heise Online.

The key would allow authorities to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec), “all the way back to the servers that represent the name system’s root zone on the Internet,” it says. The ‘key-signing key’ signs the zone key, which is held by VeriSign.

At the recent ICANN meeting in Portugal, Bernard Turcotte, president of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), said that the managers of country registries were concerned about this proposal.

“When contacted by heise online, Turcotte said that the national registries had informed their governmental representatives about the DHS’s plans,” says the story, going on:

“A representative of the EU Commission said that the matter is being discussed with EU member states. DNSSec is seen as a necessary measure to keep the growing number of manipulations on the net under control. The DHS is itself sponsoring a campaign to support the implementation of DNSSec. Three of the 13 operators currently work outside of the US, two of them in Europe. Lars-Johan Liman of the Swedish firm Autonomica, which operates the I root server, pointed out the possible political implications last year. Liman himself nomi[na]ted ICANN as a possible candidate for the supervisory function.

The DHS demands, “will probably only heat up the debate about US dominance of the control of Internet resources,” adds Heise Online.

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Also See:
Heise Online - Department of Homeland and Security wants master key for DNS, March 30, 2007

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