D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers,
businesses, and service providers, today announced it is the first in
the industry to enhance its router security to a higher level of
protection by incorporating both CAPTCHA and DNSSEC to guard against
hacking, worms, viruses and other malicious Web attacks.

DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF) specifications that adds security to the Internet's
Domain Name System (DNS) to provide assurance that the information
received from a Domain Name Server is authentic. The security
extensions are designed to protect the DNS from man-in-the-middle and
cache poisoning attacks, which can occur when hackers corrupt DNS data
stored on recursive name servers to redirect queries to malicious
sites.

DNSSEC applies digital signatures to DNS data to authenticate the
data's origin and verify its integrity as it moves across the Internet
and can provide users with effective verification that their
applications, such as Web or email, are using the correct addresses
for servers they want to reach.

In mid-2009, D-Link integrated Completely Automated Public Turing test
to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) into its popular home and
small office routers to thwart worms designed to access a router and
alter the victim's DNS records to divert traffic toward the attacker's
network.

CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test that ensures that a response
during a user logon is not computer-generated but instead is truly
entered by a human hand, by requiring a user to manually enter a small
amount of text displayed in an image to help prevent automated
registration and fraud.

By incorporating both DNSSEC and CAPTCHA initiatives, D-Link@ routers
now facilitate strong security thus protecting Internet users against
man-in-the-middle, cache poisoning and other cyber attacks to ward off
web hacking and phishing.

"Unlike other brands, the majority of currently shipping D-Link
routers are more difficult to be compromised due to our advanced set
of security features. We're excited to be the first in the market to
announce we have taken the initiative to implement both CAPTCHA and
DNSSEC into our routers, thus providing yet another layer of security,
and we'll continue to provide our users with the latest in advanced
security technologies," said A.J. Wang, chief technology officer,
D-Link.

IPv6 Certification

To further consider security while future-proofing its routers, D-Link
is migrating to IPv6 certification. With the growing number of
Internet-capable devices on the market -- including mobile, media, and
storage -- the pool of IPv4 address has dropped to six percent and is
expected to run out sometime in 2011. While this is a major motivation
for IPv6, other improvements are also realized. The IPv6 specification
now specifies certain security measures that were not defined in IPv4,
such as IPSec. IPSec is a method of authenticating and encrypting data
transferred between pairs of hosts. Although it was possible to
implement IPSec with IPv4, it was not part of the specification. IPSec
is now a requirement, not an option, in the IPv6 specification.

D-Link has begun the transition to IPv6 by participating in the 'IPv6
Logo Testing Program' to assure that its products support transitional
technologies and provide IPv6 connectivity. All new D-Link routers
currently ship with the "IPv6 Ready Phase II" certification and logo.

Availability

The DNSSEC, CAPTCHA and IPv6 features are currently available on most
currently shipping D-Link's routers, with more being updated. Please
consult www.dlink.com (http://www.dlink.com) for availability of
firmware updates.

About D-LinkD-Link is the global leader in connectivity for small,
medium and large enterprise business networking. The company is an
award-winning designer, developer and manufacturer of networking,
broadband, digital electronics, voice, data and video communications
solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small
to Medium Business (SMB), Workgroup to Enterprise, and Service
Provider environments. With millions of networking and connectivity
products manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market
participant and price/performance leader in the networking and
communications market. D-Link Systems, Inc. headquarters are located
at 17595 Mt. Herrmann Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone (800)
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