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Linux Foundation launches Agent Name Service standard
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- Linux Foundation press release
Summary
The Linux Foundation announced that Agent Name Service (ANS), an open standard for trusted identity, verification, and discovery of AI agents built on existing DNS infrastructure, has launched as a foundation project. The specification spans seven documents covering domain-anchored naming, registration and versioning, DNS publication, public log auditing, integrity monitoring, and agent-to-agent authentication. Eleven organizations including Cisco, Cloudflare, DigiCert, GoDaddy, and Salesforce contribute to or support the standard, and AGNTCY's Agent Directory Service already verifies ANS identities.
Why it matters for our work
Delegating work to agents requires knowing whom an agent represents. A verification layer built on DNS, which the internet already runs on, can lower the barrier for enterprises to adopt and audit agents.
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