Internet Reboot Keys
Internet reboot keys are encrypted with DNSSEC key. In the event of an attack or natural catastrophe, the Internet can restore the root zone.
If links between servers break, then the appointed key holder will meet the system to restart and restore the connection. The main holders, who are appointed by ICANN and who are called Trusted Community Representatives, have been given a smart card to each one. Each card is part of an encrypted DNSSEC root zone key. At least five encrypted data is required of seven cards to restart the system.
The key program is a incorporated effort between ICANN, VeriSign and the United States Department of Commerce to deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for Internet root servers. DNSSEC adds a digital signature to the DNS data so that the origin of the data can be authenticated and its integrity can be verified because it travels over the internet. It is designed to protect the Internet from certain attacks like DNS Cash Poisoning and Man-in-the-Mid Spoof.
Deployment of DNSSEC on the root zone is an important step towards building a new infrastructure of confidence for the Internet. According to the proposer Vint Cerf, of DNSSEC, who is known as the father of the Internet.
"A infrastructure framework has been built for a structural security system that can be cleaned and repaired in a number of ways, so I would like to estimate that although we have started to keep it together to ensure that the domain name lookup Returns the valid document address. In the long run, this hierarchical structure of trust will be applied to many other tasks which require strong authentication ".
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