Domain Name System Security Extensions: Difference between revisions

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* [[Verisign]], which is contracted by the U.S. government to edit the root zone with the information supplied and authenticated by [[ICANN]], which was subsequently  authorized by the Department of Commerce, and also to distribute the root zone file containing information on where to find info on TLDs
* [[Verisign]], which is contracted by the U.S. government to edit the root zone with the information supplied and authenticated by [[ICANN]], which was subsequently  authorized by the Department of Commerce, and also to distribute the root zone file containing information on where to find info on TLDs
* An international group of [[Root Service Operators]] then distributes root information from the root zone file across the Internet. Those groups are:
* An international group of [[Root Service Operators]] then distributes root information from the root zone file across the Internet. Those groups are:
        # VeriSign Global Registry Services;
# VeriSign Global Registry Services;
        # Information Sciences Institute at USC;
# Information Sciences Institute at USC;
C) Cogent Communications;
C) Cogent Communications;
D) University of Maryland;
D) University of Maryland;