DotOrg Puts DNSSEC Live

At the ICANN meeting in Belgium today PIR announced that they have started signing their zone.

ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced that the .ORG domain is now in full production with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) by accepting second level signed .ORG zones. In launching signed delegations, .ORG – the third largest domain – takes its final step in an extensive two-year process, becoming the first generic top-level domain (TLD) to offer full DNSSEC deployment. The announcement was made today at ICANN Brussels by Alexa Raad, CEO of PIR.

By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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