Overview#

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications for securing certain kinds of information provided by the Domain Name System (DNS) as used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Domain Name System Security Extensions is a set of extensions to DNS which provide to DNS clients (resolvers) origin authentication of DNS data, authenticated denial of existence, and data integrity.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• DNS Resource Records
• DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities
• DNSSEC
• NIST.SP.800-57

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• [#1] - Domain Name System Security Extensions - based on information obtained 2017-01-07-