Internet Pioneer Discusses Creation, Expectations and Security of DNS on Its 33rd Birthday

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Carlsbad, CA, June 25, 2016 --( “I think I saw the potential importance more clearly than the traditional ARPAnet era folks, who were busy replacing the old NCP protocols with IP and TCP,” noted Mockapetris, now Chief Scientist at ThreatSTOP.It’s as if we are requiring DNS to support paper tape and floppy disks.” Mockapetris now provides guidance to the ongoing product innovation process for ThreatSTOP, and leads research into DNS-based security.For more information visit threatstop.com Carlsbad, CA, June 25, 2016 --( PR.com )-- 33 years ago today, Paul Mockapetris, inventor of the Internet Domain Name System watched the DNS take its first steps.As a critical infrastructure, DNS has been subjected to many attacks and misuse, but in today’s hardened form, it is seen as an essential tool for implementing security.Security was intentionally left out of the initial design, along with several other functions.DNSSEC is a next step, but is very heavy weight and doesn’t solve current problems like DDoS.“The Internet community has let legacy infrastructure designs constrain the future,” notes Mockapetris.

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