A recent DNS security issue seems to have served as a wake-up call for the EU. ENISA, the EU agency tasked with Internet security, is looking into DNSSEC, IPv6 and MPLS as possible security boosters for the Net.
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is currently looking at 3 areas of technological development it has identified as being potentially useful to enhance the Internet's security:
DNSSEC – designed to enhance DNS server resilience against attacks;
IPv6 – the new Internet addressing protocol scheduled to replace the soon-to-be-exhausted IPv4 address pool;
MPLS – which stands for Multiprotocol Label Switching.
"To assess their effectiveness and identify potential problems or gaps that could compromise the availability of networks and services, the Agency is interviewing a number of network operators in the EU," says ENISA. "The collected input will be analyzed, in direct consultation with all leading stakeholders, and lead to EU guidelines."
A workshop will be held in Brussels (Belgium) in November to examine the results of this work and decide on next steps for the EU.
• Security experts ENISA exists to help secure "the smooth functioning of the Digital Economy and the Information Society" within Europe. It identifies itself as an information center for best practices with regards to network security and as a "contact facilitator" between the EU institutions, the Members States and industry.
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