System and method for generating concurrently live and test versions of dns data

A system for concurrently facilitating publishing a current version of a plurality of Domain Name System (DNS) records for a domain name and storing a next version of the plurality of DNS records for the domain name, the system comprising:

• a record selection module for obtaining selected data of registry data associated with the domain name stored in a registry database;
• a DNS Security (DNSSEC) signing system having at least one signing module for digitally signing the selected data of the registry data, said digitally signing using one or more signing keys (SK) to generate a signed DNS record, the one or more signing keys associated with the registry data of the domain name;
• a distribution system for coordinating concurrent generation of the current version and the next version;
• the distribution system and signing system cooperating to:
• a) generate the current version according to a first set of generation instructions and transmit the current version to one or more authoritative servers of the DNS in a first transmission path that bypasses storing of the current version in the registry database;
• and
• b) while the current version is operational in the DNS, generate the next version according to a second set of generation instructions and transmit the next version to a publication storage for at least one of testing or validation by a processing facility in a second transmission path that bypasses storing of the next version in the registry database;
• wherein the current version in the DNS and the next version in the publication storage contain different versions of at least some of the plurality of DNS records.