Chennai: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be undertaking a maintenance drive in the next 48 hours to sort out all hack threats, computer viruses, illegal data transfer, etc., by miscreants.
Sources said ICANN is preparing for maintenance work of domain servers and related network infrastructure in the next 48 hours.
It is planning to change cryptographic key during this maintenance work which will result in downtime in Internet activity across the globe. The planned maintenance will help protect the Domain Name System (DNS) which acts as Internet’s very own address book.
Experts are already claiming the change in cryptographic key will help prove as a necessary step for Internet protection. This move will help prevent cyber attacks aimed at the DNS systems in the future.
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) said this Internet shutdown across the globe is necessary to ensure a secure, stable and resilient DNS system.