VirnetX patent secure domain names ..

[Doug Mentohl]

'According to company officials, these patents include “fundamental 
mechanisms for providing secure automated communications across the 
Internet using VirnetX’s innovative domain names and domain name service 
(DNS).

Applications such as VoIP, instant messaging, video conferencing, file 
sharing, secure presence and collaboration to remote PC access, secure 
directory services, e-commerce and online banking ? regardless of device 
type, software or operating system can benefit from integrating 
VirnetX’s secure domain names.”.

http://tinyurl.com/b85xse
http://ip-pbx.tmcnet.com/topics/ip-pbx/articles/51422-virnetx-awarded-two-new-patents.htm

"DNSSEC was designed to protect the Internet from certain attacks, such 
as DNS cache poisoning [0]. It is a set of extensions to DNS, which 
provide: a) origin authentication of DNS data, b) data integrity, and c) 
authenticated denial of existence"

http://www.dnssec.net/