How Secure are the Root DNS Servers?

Author: Susan Baranowski Published June 11, 2011 from SANS

This paper is intended as an overview for a general audience. References and links are provided for those who want more technical insight. The purpose is to provide the current state of the root name server system and its operation. The reader will be left to do a final evaluation of the confidentiality, availability and integrity strength of the root name servers and the root name server system.