SWITCH, the Registry responsible for running the .CH country
code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), recently announced that in late
December 2019 some 100,000 .CH domain names had been registered
using Domain Name System Security Extension (DNSSEC).
Although the percentage of .CH domain names that are registered
with DNSSEC is below 5%, the number of domain names registered with
DNSSEC increased by 54% over the course of 2019.
DNSSEC was designed and implemented as a response to the
inherent security vulnerabilities in the way that the Domain Name
System (DNS) operates. Due to these inherent vulnerabilities,
it is possible to divert Internet users away from intended website
destinations, redirecting users to third party websites without
their knowledge. This can result in the dissemination of
computer viruses, malware and even theft of sensitive financial and
personal data.
