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30

Again, DNSSEC Updates Shouldn’t Impact You – Minor problems could surface, mostly within business networks

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Yesterday we noted how next week’s upgrades of the thirteen root DNS servers with DNSSEC security upgrades probably wouldn’t be noticed by most customers, despite some claims to the contrary. Comcast and even OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch stopped by in our comments to reiterate this fact. The upgrades are designed to help protect the DNS system from cache poisoning and man in the middle attacks, and while some older networking gear will struggle with the upgrade, a consultant tells itNews that if there are ripples felt — they’ll be in enterprise environments:

Tonkin expects that the larger Internet Service Providers will have addressed the issue, so most home internet users will be unaffected. “I’m not entirely sure all ISPs will be prepared, but I imagine the major ones are,” he said. “ISPs tend to do DNS translation for you. But it is likely to have a big impact in the corporate environment, where you might run your own DNS server and infrastructure.”

Again, as many people well-versed in DNS note in our forums, the vast majority of residential broadband users have nothing to worry about.
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