DNSSEC

acronym

networkingsecurity

Stands for: Domain Name System Security Extensions

Extensions that let DNS answers be cryptographically verified.

Domain Name System Security Extensions (RFC 4033) add signatures to DNS records so a resolver can prove an answer came from the real zone and was not tampered with in transit. It builds a chain of trust from the root down through each delegation.

Also known as: dnssec

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