NIST SP 800-81 Revision 1

"When you type www.irs.gov—or the Web address of your bank or an e-commerce site—into your web browser, you want to be sure that no one is hijacking your request and sending you to a bogus look-alike page. You’re relying on the integrity of the Internet’s “phone book,” the Domain Name System (DNS).

Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are playing a major role in making sure that what you type is what you get by providing standards, guidance and testing necessary to bolster the trustworthiness of the global DNS. A draft update of NIST’s guidelines for DNS security is now available for public comment. "

Source: Safer Net Surfing Is Goal of NIST Domain Name Security Experts, NIST, Retrieved on 03/16/2009 from nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2009_0310.htm#dns