The Linux Foundation declared its intent to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that anchors AI agent identity to the operator's DNS domain through ACME-issued certificates and an append-only registration log. For pipelines that already lean on workload identity, it points at where agent provenance is heading.

The Linux Foundation declared its intent to launch the Agent Name Service, an open standard that anchors AI agent identity to the operator's DNS domain through ACME-issued…

Agent Name Service would create a standardized way to verify identity and capabilities across enterprise AI systems.