Internet experts are siding overwhelmingly with ICANN, arguing that the crucial responsibility of making sure users can trust the technical equivalent of the internet's phone book belongs in the hands of the net's main oversight body.

A proposal [PDF, 276K] to sign the root zone file with Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC, technology was released by ICANN today.

Starting Thursday morning, the U.S. government is seeking comment on who should create and vouch for the internet's most crucial document – the root zone file – that serves as the cornerstone of the system that lets users get to websites and emails find their way to inboxes.

THE quick and ferocious nature of cyber attacks on government must be recognised in the next generation of security, a previously unreleased report from the Attorney-General's Department urges.

Philippine websites remain at risk of being redirected even if their Internet service providers (ISPs) have patched their DNS servers.