The keys to the Internet change on October 11. Are you ready?

Reported by Cloudflare (Sebastiaan Neuteboom)

Summary by Cyber Security News6 Oct 2026, 19:50 CET

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On October 11, 2026, the DNS root is scheduled to change its key-signing key (KSK) for only the second time ever. This key anchors DNSSEC’s chain of trust, which lets DNS resolvers authenticate answers using cryptographic signatures. The change is called a KSK rollover.

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