{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai","json":"https://digestai.news/story/agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai.md","slug":"agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai","headline":"Agent Name Service enables sub-millisecond offline verification of AI agents","summary":"Agent Name Service (ANS) is an open‑source framework that lets autonomous AI agents prove who they are, that they are still in good standing, and that they hold the correct cryptographic key—all without contacting a central server. The system answers three separate questions (identity, status, possession) using a SCITT receipt, a short‑lived status token (default TTL of one hour), and either mTLS or DPoP proofs. ANS grew out of an OWASP GenAI Security Project paper and an IETF draft, with GoDaddy’s VP Scott Courtney co‑authoring the second draft and the code now being prepared for submission to the Linux Foundation.\n\nRegistrations receive a versioned name such as `ans://v1.0.0.mysuperagent.example.com`, a client certificate tied to that name, and a public transparency‑log badge. Benchmarks run on a 16‑vCPU Intel RHEL 9 VM using Go 1.26.7 and Rust 1.92 show that the combined verification steps take under half a millisecond per request, because all checks are performed against locally cached root keys. The short TTL means revoking a specific agent version takes effect within an hour, rather than waiting for a certificate to expire.","keyPoints":["Status tokens default to a one‑hour TTL, enabling revocation of a specific agent version within an hour.","Benchmarks on a 16‑vCPU Intel RHEL 9 VM show Go and Rust implementations meet the sub‑millisecond target."],"whyItMatters":"Fast, offline verification removes latency and reliance on external services, reducing the attack surface for autonomous AI agents as they scale.","category":{"slug":"agents","name":"Agents & Tools","url":"https://digestai.news/category/agents"},"entities":{"companies":["GoDaddy","Linux Foundation"],"models":[],"people":["Scott Courtney"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-15T12:20:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T12:20:00Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"godaddy.com","title":"Don’t Trust. Verify. Offline, Sub-Millisecond Agent Verification with ANS","url":"https://godaddy.com/resources/news/dont-trust-verify-offline-sub-millisecond-agent-verification-with-ans","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T12:20:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Reddit","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1wmde12/dont_trust_verify_offline_submillisecond_agent/","points":null}],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Agent Name Service enables sub-millisecond offline verification of AI agents\", 15 September 2026, https://digestai.news/story/agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Agent Name Service enables sub-millisecond offline verification of AI agents","datePublished":"2026-09-15T12:20:00Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/agent-name-service-enables-sub-millisecond-offline-verification-of-ai"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}