Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

What does “SNIP” stand for?

April 26, 2017snip stand

0

Posted

What does “SNIP” stand for?

1 Answer

0

Posted

“SNIP” stands for Secure Naming Infrastructure Pilot. As the name implies, it is a pilot program for deploying DNSSEC on a wide scale. The ultimate goal of the pilot is transition the SNIP pilot domain operations to the .gov TLD domain. In effect, SNIP is a distributed DNSSEC deployment workshop where new operations can be developed and tested before wide scale deployment on operational DNS zones.