secDNS extension

The EPP (glossary)EPP Extensible Provisioning Protocol The protocol registrars use to manage domain names at registries. Full definition of EPP add-on that lets a registrar (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar send a domain's DNSSEC (glossary)DNSSEC Domain Name System Security Extensions Digital signatures that prove DNS answers are genuine and unchanged. Full definition of DNSSEC data to the registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry, which publishes it as DS records (glossary)DS record Delegation Signer A record in the parent zone that links a domain's DNSSEC key to the chain of trust. Full definition of DS record in the parent zone. Without that data, resolvers (glossary)resolver The DNS server that looks up domain names on behalf of users. Full definition of resolver cannot check the domain's signatures from the root down. Other routes include web forms and automation with CDS and CDNSKEY (glossary)CDS and CDNSKEY Child DS and Child DNSKEY Records a zone publishes so the registry can update its DNSSEC data automatically. Full definition of CDS and CDNSKEY records. The extension is defined in RFC (glossary)RFC Request for Comments A numbered document in the series recording the internet's technical standards and practices. Full definition of RFC 5910.