Nominum, a global provider of ENUM-based IP-application routing directory, Domain Name System, and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol solutions, a company that helps communication providers deliver always-on broadband Internet and other services, has reportedly announced a new software release that integrates functions required to successfully deploy Domain Name System Security Extensions at any scale without costly proprietary appliances.

 

The company has not only added comprehensive DNSSEC support to its DNS server platforms, but its has also automated DNSSEC within it. This has an added advantage of eliminating operational overhead and errors that could cause Internet sites to disappear.

 

Coupled with unique layered defenses, Nominum (News - Alert) now is said to have the strongest possible protections for Internet users relying on both signed and unsigned DNS data.

Reportedly, these new features are available in Nominum’s DNS servers, or with SKYE, its highly secure and reliable hosted service offering for service provider and enterprise customers worldwide.

 

DNSSEC is said to add many new complex functions that must be implemented failing which the Internet sites may disappear. Nominum has integrated and automated these critical functions into its existing DNS servers. Now, DNSSEC processes that previously required additional equipment such as external “signing” appliances are included in Nominum software running on commodity server hardware.

 

Nominum said that its Intelligent DNS systems protect users and ensures Internet users benefit from a safe, secure, and productive Internet experience.

 

“Deploying DNSSEC is a major undertaking that is going to take many years with growing pains along the way,” said Paul Mockapetris, chief scientist at Nominum and inventor of the DNS, in a statement. “There is a pressing need to make it easier for brand owners to protect their domains and provide the best protections to users for unsigned domains during and after this migration.”

 

Nominum’s new software is said to maximize performance by dedicating additional processors in multiprocessor platforms to signing. This approach maintains Nominum’s performance and 100 percent availability, even as DNS data is being signed, said the company official.

 

For service providers and enterprises that do not want the complexity of DNS and DNSSEC at all, Nominum offers hosted services through SKYE. These services incorporate Nominum’s technology in a cloud-based model. They are said to provide the required DNS security with layered defenses and DNSSEC, managed by experts with zero operational burden.

 

Nominum official also said that DNSSEC is already made available for Internet users in Nominum’s standard ANS (News - Alert) and ANSP authoritative DNS servers, and Vantio caching DNS servers.