Author Topic: Homeland Security wants master key for the Internet (Read 3896 times)

Computer Hope Admin · « **on:** April 08, 2007, 02:01:04 PM »

THE US Department of Homeland Security is insisting that Verisign hand over the master keys of the Internet.

If it succeeds, the US will be able to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec) all the way back to the servers that represent the name system's root zone on the Internet.

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steelegbr · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2007, 04:12:41 PM »

More ways to be spied on. Oh what fun!

If Homeland Security were any good, they would have the key by now. They possibly do and are using this as a cover so that should they get found out they can say they got the key legitimately. Who knows?

honvetops · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2007, 06:11:48 PM »

Hummmmmmmm, didn't something like this take place in the last "Arnold" movie!!

geese, what a crock ~

Dilbert · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2007, 08:22:32 PM »

I'm just waiting for the media to hear about this, so it can be overblown the way wire-tapping was.

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