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The “DNSSEC Testbed for Germany” enters the decisive phase: As from 2 March 2010 DENIC gives also second level domains under .de the opportunity to participate in the DNSSEC testbed and to record the related key material. This is a considerable improvement compared with the previous status.

Due to a temporary injunction issued against DENIC, the domain br.de was excluded from the release of two-character domains effected in autumn 2009. Upon DENIC's objection, this temporary injunction was now rescinded. Consequently, the central registry for all domains under the Top Level Domain .de…

Satisfied faces among the participants and at DENIC, the organizer of the event: With more than 70 attendants from the industry and organizations from the IT world, the second DNSSEC testbed meeting held on 26 January 2010 at the premises of the Cooperative met with overwhelming interest.

Also in Germany, security technologies on the Internet are becoming more and more topical due to an increasing number of occurrences of data misuse in the recent past. DENIC, the central registry for domains under the Top Level Domain .de, helps to provide better protection against DNS-conditioned…