Will OpenDNSSEC secure the Cloud for business?
By Davey Winder in Editorial
Posted in Business, Cloud, Data Protection, Blog, Security, Internet on
The rapid advance of the cloud, along with other existing Internet-based services, into the business space has highlighted the need for trust in the underlying protocols that provide the driving force behind the Internet. Some are now arguing that a secure software-based DNS signing system is essential if business is to maximise the potential of the cloud.
With the release of OpenDNSSEC, software under a BSD licence which helps simplify the process of creating and managing DNSSEC signatures, that goal could have got a little nearer. Not least as the software can be downloaded and installed on existing systems, without interfering with existing infrastructures, and used to quickly set up and provide a secure DNS service without hassle.
What is DNSSEC do I hear you ask? Well DNSSEC essentially secures the data used to translate domain names by the addition of a cryptographic signature to that data and so providing proof that the query has not been modified in transit. This is increasingly important as the bad guys start targeting the data in DNS caches which, without such measures, is now hugely vulnerable to attack. OpenDNSSEC has been developed as an open-source turn-key solution for DNSSEC to secure zone data just before it is published by effectively taking in unsigned zones and adding signatures and other DNSSEC required before passing it on to the authoritative name servers for that zone.
Natalie Booth, organiser of the 360°IT infrastructure and security conference, is a fan of the open source initiative. She reckons that by allowing site owners and operators to download the OpenDNSSEC software, the open source initiative is paving the way for a new generation of Internet software and browser add-ins that uses this important new technology. “360°IT welcomes the release of the open beta of this BSD licensed software and expects to see a flurry of software arriving in the coming months that advances what looks like being a major evolution in Internet security” Booth says.
Rated: 100% (1 votes)
Loading ...Comment by Nonya - February 12, 2010 on 7:26 pm
The cloud will NEVER be secure! By its very nature, IT CAN NEVER BE SECURE AT ALL!
Comment by Joe Baptista - February 13, 2010 on 5:21 am
I disagree with the comment made here that the cloud by its very nature can not be secure. You simply make the cloud secure for your organization.
Comment by raji - February 13, 2010 on 10:47 am
THE “CLOUD” IS A BUZZWORD
Stop promoting the latest “Cloud” buzzword with your lame article.
The “Cloud” was named by the same morons who named MySpace “Web 2.0″.
These are the old media whores who control the NY Times, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, and NBC.
No one with an IQ of 20 would even think of trusting Microsoft with their “Cloud” data.
No one who has used any Microsoft OS would trust them with their data on their PC or laptop.
Pingback by - February 15, 2010 on 1:49 am
[…] Will OpenDNSSEC secure the Cloud for business? […]
Make a comment
Tag cloud
Archives
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
Most commented posts
- 80 percent of viruses love Windows 7
147 comments
- Has Microsoft gone mental?
- Has the US Army declared war on Windows 7?
- Cuil frozen out: market share drops to next to nothing
- Xbox 360 FAIL
- The 24GB RAM Desktop is born
- Use old version of Windows instead of Linux, says teacher
- Microsoft reveals time-based licensing model
- Nexus Two - The Next Generation
- Windows XP: the invincible OS
Highest Rated Blog Posts
- Why ecommerce fails (100%)
- Google Chrome stands alone at PWN2OWN (100%)
- Betting on Hubdub technology (100%)
- Has Google gone insane as GMail goes back to beta? (100%)
- Chinese whispers as government implicated in UK hack attacks (100%)
- Crimeware toolkit targets 10,000 trusted sites (100%)
- Black Hat risk to migrating VMs (100%)
- Tough on cyber crime, tough on the causes of cyber crime (100%)
- Firefox 3, Beta 4, Enhancements 900, Tested 5 (100%)
- Has the US Army declared war on Windows 7? (100%)
