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DHS Unprepared for DNS Security

  • Apr 14, 2007 8:41 AM PST
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Amid the outcry over allegations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants the security keys to the DNSSEC encryption technology slowly — very slowly — being adopted by internet overlord ICANN, one ICANN board member, Susan Crawford, warns the DHS is woefully unprepared for what lies ahead.

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