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Department of Homeland and Security wants master key for DNS

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (…) wants to have the key to sign the DNS root zone solidly in the hands of the US government. This ultimate master key would then allow authorities to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec) all the way back to the servers that represent the name system’s root zone on the Internet. The “key-signing key” signs the zone key, which is held by VeriSign.

DNSSEC is a set of extensions of the DNS protocols that are intended to increase security all-round by making it pretty much impossible to spoof DNS (among other things). Apparently the DHS itself is involved in funding part of it, and they seem to feel they should be in complete control of it, and completely exempt from the DNSSEC measures the entire world is working to implement.

This sort of bullshit is why the internet, if it is to be government-regulated at all, should be regulated by an international commission, as I’ve said before, and why even people in countries the US isn’t likely to invade soon should keep a close eye on the self-important windbaggery that goes on there.
The DHS is looking to turn the entire world into their personal police state playground.

(Via Slashdot, which gets the implications of this completely wrong.)