The Linux Foundation Uses DNS to Give AI Agents a Trusted Identity

- The Linux Foundation is the nonprofit that hosts Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js and many other open-source projects. It has launched "Agent-Net," an initiative to use the Domain Name System (DNS) — the internet's phonebook that turns domain names into IP addresses — to give AI agents a verifiable identity. - The problem: as autonomous AI agents (software bots that act on behalf of a user or company) become widespread, there is no standard way for one agent to verify another agent's identity or authority. An agent receiving a request can't tell if the sender is genuinely who it claims to be. - The proposal: piggyback on DNS, a universally trusted public infrastructure, to create a decentralized registry where AI agents register their identity and public keys — similar to how HTTPS certificates verify websites today. This solves the "agent-to-agent trust gap."