{"id":25075,"date":"2022-02-02T15:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T13:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T13:05:57","slug":"security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>A brief description of how DNS works<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To understand Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), it helps to have a basic understanding of the Domain Name System (DNS).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Functionality of the Internet is critically dependent on the DNS .\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Every web page visited, every email sent, every picture looked at on \u00a0a social media: all those interactions use \u00a0DNS to translate human-friendly domain names (such as <strong>1-grid.com<\/strong>) to the IP addresses (such as <strong>104.20.143.107<\/strong>) needed by servers, routers, and other network devices to transport traffic across the Internet to the correct destination.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>The DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">DNSSEC strengthens authentication in DNS by adding two important features to the DNS protocol:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 300; padding: 0px; list-style-type: disc; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Data origin authentication allows a resolver to cryptographically verify that the data it received actually came from the zone where it believes the data originated.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 300; padding: 0px; list-style-type: disc; line-height: 1.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem 20px; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Data integrity protection allows the resolver to know that the data hasn&#8217;t been modified in transit since it was originally signed by the zone owner with the zone&#8217;s private key.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fr-draggable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lTABuMxO2AM?&amp;wmode=opaque\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TIP:\u00a0<\/strong>For more in depth information on how DNSSEC works we would suggest the article<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cloudflare.com\/dnssec-an-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe. \u00a0 \u00a0 A brief description of how DNS works \u00a0 To understand Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), it helps to have a basic understanding of the Domain Name System (DNS). \u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[21],"ht-kb-tag":[90,307,1308,1310,547,1309,891,951,1118,1134],"class_list":["post-25075","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ssl-certificates","ht_kb_tag-and","ht_kb_tag-dns","ht_kb_tag-dnssec","ht_kb_tag-important","ht_kb_tag-is","ht_kb_tag-it","ht_kb_tag-security","ht_kb_tag-ssl-certificates-and-website-security","ht_kb_tag-what","ht_kb_tag-why"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"1-grid Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1grid.co.za\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-16T13:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1grid_hosting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/\",\"name\":\"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-02T15:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-16T13:05:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/\",\"name\":\"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#organization\",\"name\":\"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-grid-logo-color.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-grid-logo-color.svg\",\"width\":100,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1grid.co.za\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1grid_hosting\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/1grid_hosting\/\",\"https:\/\/za.linkedin.com\/company\/1-grid\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -","description":"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -","og_description":"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.","og_url":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/","og_site_name":"1-grid Knowledge Base","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1grid.co.za\/","article_modified_time":"2023-03-16T13:05:57+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@1grid_hosting","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/","url":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/","name":"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ? -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-02-02T15:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-16T13:05:57+00:00","description":"This article provides you with information regarding DNSSEC which is being implemented by Domain Registrars across the globe.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/security-what-is-dnssec-and-why-is-it-important\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Security: What is DNSSEC and why is it important ?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/","name":"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base","url":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-grid-logo-color.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-grid-logo-color.svg","width":100,"height":100,"caption":"1-Grid Domain Hosting Knowledge Base"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1grid.co.za\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/1grid_hosting","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/1grid_hosting\/","https:\/\/za.linkedin.com\/company\/1-grid"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/25075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/25075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30902,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/25075\/revisions\/30902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=25075"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=25075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}