The cause of failure in the .ru domain zone may be incorrect operation of the software that implements the mechanism for signing a file with .ru zone data. This was reported by TASS Director of the Domain Names Coordination Center .ru/.рф Andrey Vorobyov.
According to him, experts from the Internet technical center and MSK-IX are studying this issue.
Vorobyov noted that the reason given was a preliminary version of the investigation.
Users on the evening of January 30 reported About malfunctions of sites in the .ru domain zone in Russia. This is due to data from the Downradar service.
Coordination center for .ru/.рф domains explained Failure in the .ru zone due to a technical issue with the global DNSSEC infrastructure.
Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev reportedIt was stated that the department launched an investigation into the malfunction in the .ru zone.
Previously Shadayev supported The idea of training cyber troops for Russia.