-- Community of technical experts will work together to ensure a safer and more 
secure Domain Name System

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is launching 
the Knowledge-sharing and Instantiating Norms for DNS and Naming Security 
(KINDNS) initiative to make the Internet safer and more resilient for all 
users. By collaborating with a global community of technical experts, ICANN is 
developing a clear framework of operational best practices for Domain Name 
System (DNS) security.

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KINDNS is just one of many ICANN efforts underway to promote broad 
participation among public and private actors to make the Internet safer, and 
more secure and interoperable.

"As the Internet has grown and come to play a greater role in our everyday 
lives, DNS security has never been more critical," said John Crain, ICANN's 
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "While various best 
practices exist for DNS operations, they are inconsistently applied and at 
times have led to significant security breaches that affect the whole Internet."

To mitigate this, ICANN collaborated with the technical community to create 
KINDNS as a mechanism to share best practices to better secure DNS operations. 
The result is a simple, effective framework that large and small DNS operators 
can voluntarily and easily follow. For example, a good practice shared through 
KINDNS aims at ensuring domain name servers are geographically and 
topologically diverse (KINDNS Practice-5 of Authoritative and Recursive servers 
operators). Another example is to encourage operators to enable Domain Name 
System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), both through Authoritative server 
signatures and the Resolver validating these signatures. DNSSEC is a technology 
developed to assure that Internet users reach their desired online destination 
by helping to prevent some types of attacks (KINDNS Practice-1 of Authoritative 
and Recursive servers operators).

Internet service providers, corporate IT managers, DNS service operators and 
software developers are invited to adopt the best practices promoted by KINDNS 
on its website and help promote the program. To learn how, visit the KINDNS 
dedicated website here ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3638979-1&h=3572381438&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kindns.org%2F&a=here 
) .

About ICANN
ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global 
Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address 
– a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be 
unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and 
support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as 
a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from 
all over the world.

Source - ICANN

CONTACT: Alexandra Dans, Communications Director, The Americas, Montevideo, 
Uruguay, +598 95 831 442, alexandra.dans@icann.org, Or press@icann.org