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Have some DNSSEC with your Pi
Posted by Mark Feldman in Uncategorized on March 12, 2012
Happy Pi Day (to the 36th digit)! by Mykl Roventine
If Pi Day (3/14 in month/day format) isn’t already enough to make this Wednesday a great day, the DNSSEC workshop at ICANN 43 will be streamed live. The streaming information, detailed agenda, and presentations are all available on the DNSSEC Workshop page. The workshop is scheduled to start at 8:30AM CST (UTC-6).
New gTLDs will support DNSSEC from the start
Posted by Mark Feldman in Uncategorized on January 12, 2012
Today is the first day ICANN is accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The Applicant Guidebook makes it clear that all new gTLDs must support DNSSEC from the start. While the expansion of the TLD name space has been somewhat controversial, ensuring support for DNSSEC going forward has not been.
Steve Crocker, chairman of the board of ICANN, said:
The Board and the staff at ICANN have fully understood the importance of DNSSEC. ICANN signed the root in 2010 and has advocated all top level domains be signed. It is only natural that DNSSEC be required from the beginning for all new generic top level domains.
Root zone KSK practice statement issued
Posted by Denise Graveline in Uncategorized on June 15, 2010
A DNSSEC Practice Statement for the root zone key signing key manager (KSK) detailing “practices and provisions that ICANN, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), employ in providing Root Zone Key Signing and Key Distribution services,” another step toward signing the root zone this summer.
First key ceremony set for tomorrow
Posted by Denise Graveline in Uncategorized on June 15, 2010
ICANN detailed the first production DNSSEC key ceremony in a high security data center in Culpeper, VA, outside of Washington, DC, pictured here. The ceremony takes place tomorrow, June 16, and is designed to demonstrate the transparency and trust needed to secure the domain name system. The ICANN article describes the process that will be followed tomorrow:
During the key ceremony the first cryptographic digital key used to secure the Internet root zone will be generated and securely stored.
Each key ceremony consists of a series of detailed procedures designed to allow the private key material for the root zone to be managed in a transparent yet secure manner. The goal is for the whole Internet community to be able to trust that the procedures involved were executed correctly, and that the private key materials are stored securely.
Security of the private key is important because it ensures that any signature made by that key is known to originate from a legitimate key ceremony, and not by an untrusted third party.
ICANN Nairobi DNSSEC workshop now available online
Posted by Denise Graveline in Uncategorized on March 10, 2010
Today’s DNSSEC Workshop at the ICANN Nairobi meeting is now available online, with presentations and transcripts. The meeting also included live options for remote participants, which are now closed.
ICANN to Nairobi
Posted by Jeffrey Dewhurst in Meetings and Workshops on December 4, 2009
ICANN to Nairobi: ICANN’s 37th meeting will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, March 7-12, 2010.
ICANN releases DNSSEC policy and practices
Posted by Jeffrey Dewhurst in Policy on December 4, 2009
ICANN releases DNSSEC policy and practices: The latest version of ICANN’s DNSSEC Policy and Practice Statement for the root-zone key-signing key operator, codifying practices for management and issuing of DNS keys in keeping with U.S. Department of Commerce requirements, as well as other documents related to DNSSEC in the root can be found at the root-dnssec documentation page.
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