Internet Infrastructure on The Coders Bloghttps://thecodersblog.com/tag/internet-infrastructure/Recent content in Internet Infrastructure on The Coders BlogHugoen-usWed, 06 May 2026 17:00:05 +0000DNSSEC Outage Disrupts .de Domains, Now Resolvedhttps://thecodersblog.com/dnssec-disruption-affecting-de-domains-2026/Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:05 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/dnssec-disruption-affecting-de-domains-2026/<p>Hundreds of thousands of .de domains suddenly became unreachable on May 5, 2026, not due to a massive denial-of-service attack or a widespread network failure, but a single misconfiguration in the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) implementation at DENIC eG, the registry for Germany&rsquo;s country-code top-level domain. For several hours, users relying on validating DNS resolvers encountered frustrating <code>SERVFAIL</code> errors, effectively rendering a significant portion of the German internet invisible. This incident serves as a stark, albeit temporary, reminder of the inherent complexities and critical fragility underlying our internet&rsquo;s security infrastructure.</p>