March 2016 archive
Mar 08
TDYR 296 – Can You #ShineTheLight On Great Women Using The Internet? #IWD2016
Mar 06
WATCH LIVE Today – DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide, from ICANN 55
Want to learn about DNSSEC and how it helps add a layer of trust to DNS? Puzzled by how this all works? If so, please join us today from 16:45 to 18:15 UTC for “DNSSEC for Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide” streaming live out of Marrakech, Morocco, in both audio and video on links found off of this page:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sun-dnssec-everybody
(The video and slides are provided via the “Virtual Meeting Room Stream Live” link.)
The session consists of an introduction and then a skit where a group of us act out DNS operations – and then add DNSSEC into the picture.
Yes… you heard that right… a bunch of engineers acting out a skit about DNS! 
Hey… you might as well have a bit of fun with it, eh? And our history has told us that this skit has helped people tremendously in understanding DNS and DNSSEC. We also have some other technical information and usually spend about half the session answering questions from participants.
Please do join us!
This tutorial today is part of a larger set of DNSSEC activities planned for this week. As the session abstract says:
DNSSEC continues to be deployed around the world at an ever accelerating pace. From the Root, to both Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), the push is on to deploy DNSSEC to every corner of the internet. Businesses and ISPs are building their deployment plans too and interesting opportunities are opening up for all as the rollout continues.
Worried that you’re getting left behind? Don’t really understand DNSSEC? Then why not come along to the second ‘DNSSEC for Beginners’ session where we hope to demystify DNSSEC and show how you can easily and quickly deploy DNSSEC into your business. Come and find out how it all works, what tools you can use to help and meet the community that can help you plan and implement DNSSEC.
The session is aimed at everyone, so no technical knowledge is required. Come and find out what it’s all about…!
If you can’t view it live the session will be recorded for later viewing. And if you want to get started today with DNSSEC, please see our Start Here page to begin!
Mar 04
TDYR 295 – On The Road To Marrakech
Mar 03
Heading to Marrakech for ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum 2016
At about noon today I'll head out of Keene, NH, towards Boston's Logan airport to start what will be about 23 hours of travel bringing me to Marrakech, Morocco. I land tomorrow (Friday, 4 March) around 4:00pm local time and then after getting settled in that evening will dive directly into the Africa DNS Forum at 8:30am Saturday morning.
It's going to be a crazy week!
I wrote about all the activities I'll be part of in this post:
I will be giving five different presentations during the week, all of which will be live streamed and recorded. Naturally I'll be participating in a good number of other sessions.
These are all part of a larger set of meetings that we at the Internet Society will be engaged in during the week at both ICANN 55 and the Africa DNS Forum. There are some very large "Internet governance" issues that will be at play this week, as my colleague Konstantinos Komaitis wrote about:
Tuesday, March 8th, is also International Women’s Day, and we’ll be publishing content around the excellent work of women in the world of technology.
We have a significant amount of communication being planned around all of these different events, sessions and announcements.
Being part of the Internet Society Communications team, I will be heavily involved in creating a good bit of our content and distributing it out over our social channels. All of that will be visible publicly here:
- Internet Society blog posts related to ICANN 55 on the main ISOC blog and on the Deploy360 blog.
- Twitter: @InternetSociety, @ISOCPolicy and @Deploy360
- Facebook: Internet Society Page
- Google+: Internet Society Page
and of course on my own personal social network channels.
It’s going to be a busy time. One question people have asked me is:
Will you get to see anything of Marrakech?
The answer, sadly, is... probably NOT.
As typically happens at events like this, I'm going to land at the airport in Marrakech and be transported by a driver to a "hotel compound" outside of Marrakech. The Palmeraie Conference Center is a big place with multiple hotels and all sorts of restaurants... a golf course, pools, etc.
The sad reality is that I will probably spend my entire week there within the compound in the conference rooms until I leave for my flight home on the afternoon of Thursday, March 10. I understand there is some kind of "gala" social event.. but again it may be in the same compound.
We'll see... some of the photos online seem amazing... hopefully I'll get a chance somewhere in there.
I'm excited about the events that will be happening at the meetings at Marrakech and looking forward to meeting many of the people there.
If you are going to be there in Marrakech for either ICANN 55 or the Africa DNS Forum, please do say hello!
And if you are not, but are interested in what is going on at the events, please see our event pages to find the live streams to participate remotely:
So here I go... on the road to Marrakech....
Image credit: Sofiane BELGHALI on Flickr CC BY NC
Mar 02
Next Monthly DNSSEC Coordination Call On March 24, 2016
For those who participate in the monthly “DNSSEC Coordination” calls where we discuss activities around accelerating the deployment of DNSSEC, there will NOT be a call tomorrow, March 3, as there would normally be (the first Thursday of the month).
On our last call in February we noted that:
- on March 3rd, many of us will be in transit to Marrakech for ICANN 55; and
- on April 7th, many of us will be in Buenos Aires for IETF 95.
We therefore decided to:
- Cancel the monthly call on March 3.
- Cancel the monthly call on April 7.
- Hold instead a call on Thursday, March 24, at the usual time of 11:00 US Eastern which will be 15:00 UTC.
Details for the conference call will be sent out as we get closer to March 24.
Note: if you would like to participate in these monthly calls, please join the dnssec-coord mailing list. All who want to accelerate the deployment of DNSSEC and DANE are welcome to join.
Mar 02
Decoding the Cellular IoT Acronym Alphabet Soup (Featured Blog)
Mar 02
DNSSEC and DANE Activities at ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum in Marrakech March 5-10
Starting this Friday, March 4, I’ll be in Marrakech, Morocco, for a great bit of DNS security discussions at two events:
- the Africa DNS Forum 2016 and
- the 55th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
There will be some great introductions to DNSSEC and DANE – and some outstanding technical presentations on Wednesday. Two important changes from previous ICANN meetings:
- The “DNSSEC For Everybody” tutorial is now on Sunday instead of the usual Monday.
- The “DNSSEC Workshop” will be live streamed over YouTube in addition to the usual Adobe Connect (links are included below).
You can also follow along live on most social networks using these hashtags: #AfricaDNSForum, #ICANN55, #DNSSEC.
I also note at the end of the schedule below that I’ll be briefing ICANN staff and interested board members about the MANRS initiative to secure BGP and reduce IP spoofing as part of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) meeting at ICANN 55.
In addition to all of this technical and security work happening at ICANN 55, we at the Internet Society will also be extremely focused on the IANA Stewardship Transition process. Please read this post from my colleague Konstantinos Komaitis where he explains why this upcoming meeting will be such a critical milestone.
Here are the main activities – remote participation is available for all of them except one. Do note that all times are Western European Time (WET) which is the same as UTC.
Africa DNS Forum: Panel on DNS Tools
On Saturday, March 5, from 14:00 – 15:30 I will be talking about DNSSEC and DANE in a panel about “DNS and Internet Security Tools: DNSSEC, IPv6 and DANE“. The live stream will be available at:
http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum2016
Africa DNS Forum: Panel on emerging trends in DNS security
On Sunday, March 6, from 11:00 – 12:45 my colleague Michuki Mwangi will be moderating a panel on “Emerging Trends in DNS Security“. The live stream will be available at:
http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum2016
I will be in the audience listening to what looks to be a great set of panelists.
DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide
On Sunday, March 6, we’ll have the regular “DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide” session from 16:45 – 18:15 where we’ll do our “skit” dramatizing DNS and DNSSEC. If you have been seeking to understand WHY this all matters, do join in to see! You can watch it remotely (or watch the archive later) at:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sun-dnssec-everybody
And yes, I’ll be talking about blue smoke as I usually do – and this time I get to have a role in the skit!
NOTE: This session has historically taken place on the Monday afternoon of each ICANN meeting, but it was changed to Sunday as of this meeting as ICANN is in the process of consolidating tutorials on the Sunday of the event.
DNSSEC Implementers Gathering
On Monday, many of us who have been involved with deploying DNSSEC or DANE will travel to a nearby restaurant for the “DNSSEC Implementers Gathering” for food, drink and conversation from 19:00-20:00 IST.
Many thanks to Afilias for sponsoring the event. This is the one event where there is no remote participation possible.
DNSSEC Workshop
As usual, the main event will be the DNSSEC Workshop on Wednesday, March 9, from 9:00 to 15:15 WET.
Remote participation information, slides, the agenda and more info can be found at:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-dnssec
At the event the workshop will also be streamed live via YouTube at:
- Morning session: http://bit.ly/dnssec55am
- Afternoon session: http://bit.ly/dnssec55pm
The sessions will be recorded on both YouTube and Adobe Connect if you would like to listen to them later. Slides will be posted to the workshop page before the event begins.
Thank you to Afilias, CIRA, Dyn and SIDN for sponsoring the DNSSEC Workshop series in 2016.
The current agenda includes:
0900-0915 – DNSSEC Workshop Introduction, Program, Deployment Around the World – Counts, Counts, Counts
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0915-0930 – Presentation: Update on the ‘Sunset’ of the DNSSEC Look-aside Validation Registry (DLV)
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0930-1045 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC Activities in the African Region
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| 1045-1100 – Break |
1100-1130 –Presentation: DNSSEC SIGNER Switchover
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1130-1200 – Presentation: DNSSEC At Scale
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1200-1230 – Great DNS/DNSSEC Quiz
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| 1230-1315 – Lunch Break |
1315-1415 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC and Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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1415-1500 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC Root Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover
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1500-1515 – Presentation: DNSSEC – How Can I Help?
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ICANN Board with Technical Experts Group
After the 6+ hours of the DNSSEC Workshop are over, I’ll then head over to the meeting of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) from 15:30 – 17:00 where will I will be participating in the discussions meant to advise the ICANN staff and interested ICANN Board members about emerging trends in technology. Toward the end of the session I will be presenting for about 15 minutes on the MANRS initiative to secure BGP and reduce IP spoofing in order to make the Internet’s routing infrastructure more resilient and secure.
Remote participation is available through the links found on the session page:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-board-technical
If you will be there at either the Africa DNS Forum 2016 or ICANN 55 please do say hello – you can find me in these sessions… or drop me a note at york@isoc.org and we can arrange a time to connect.
And … if you want to get started with DNSSEC and DANE, please visit our Start Here page to find resources that can help!
The post DNSSEC and DANE Activities at ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum in Marrakech March 5-10 appeared first on Internet Society.
Mar 02
DNSSEC and DANE Activities at ICANN 55 and Africa DNS Forum in Marrakech March 5-10
Starting this Friday, March 5, I’ll be in Marrakech, Morocco, for a great bit of DNS security discussions at two events: the Africa DNS Forum 2016 and the 55th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Some great introductions to DNSSEC and DANE – and some outstanding technical presentations on Wednesday. Two important changes from previous ICANN meetings:
- The “DNSSEC For Everybody” tutorial is now on Sunday instead of the usual Monday.
- The “DNSSEC Workshop” will be live streamed over YouTube in addition to the usual Adobe Connect (links are included below).
You can also follow along live on most social networks using these hashtags: #AfricaDNSForum, #ICANN55, #DNSSEC.
I also note at the end of the schedule below that I’ll be briefing ICANN staff and interested board members about the MANRS initiative to secure BGP and reduce IP spoofing as part of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) meeting at ICANN 55.
In addition to all of this technical and security work happening at ICANN 55, we at the Internet Society will also be extremely focused on the IANA Stewardship Transition process. Please read this post from my colleague Konstantinos Komaitis where he explains why this upcoming meeting will be such a critical milestone.
Here are the main activities – remote participation is available for all of them except one. Do note that all times are Western European Time (WET) which is the same as UTC.
Africa DNS Forum: Panel on DNS Tools
On Saturday, March 5, from 14:00 – 15:30 I will be talking about DNSSEC and DANE in a panel about “DNS and Internet Security Tools: DNSSEC, IPv6 and DANE“. The live stream will be available at:
http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum2016
Africa DNS Forum: Panel on emerging trends in DNS security
On Sunday, March 6, from 11:00 – 12:45 my colleague Michuki Mwangi will be moderating a panel on “Emerging Trends in DNS Security“. The live stream will be available at:
http://livestream.com/internetsociety/africadnsforum2016
I will be in the audience listening to what looks to be a great set of panelists.
DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide
On Sunday, March 6, we’ll have the regular “DNSSEC For Everybody: A Beginner’s Guide” session from 16:45 – 18:15 where we’ll do our “skit” dramatizing DNS and DNSSEC. If you have been seeking to understand WHY this all matters, do join in to see! You can watch it remotely (or watch the archive later) at:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/sun-dnssec-everybody
And yes, I’ll be talking about blue smoke as I usually do – and this time I get to have a role in the skit!
NOTE: This session has historically taken place on the Monday afternoon of each ICANN meeting, but it was changed to Sunday as of this meeting as ICANN is in the process of consolidating tutorials on the Sunday of the event.
DNSSEC Implementers Gathering
On Monday, many of us who have been involved with deploying DNSSEC or DANE will travel to a nearby restaurant for the “DNSSEC Implementers Gathering” for food, drink and conversation from 19:00-20:00 IST.
Many thanks to Afilias for sponsoring the event. This is the one event where there is no remote participation possible.
DNSSEC Workshop
As usual, the main event will be the DNSSEC Workshop on Wednesday, March 9, from 9:00 to 15:15 WET.
Remote participation information, slides, the agenda and more info can be found at:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-dnssec
At the event the workshop will also be streamed live via YouTube at:
- Morning session: http://bit.ly/dnssec55am
- Afternoon session: http://bit.ly/dnssec55pm
The sessions will be recorded on both YouTube and Adobe Connect if you would like to listen to them later. Slides will be posted to the workshop page before the event begins.
The current agenda includes:
0900-0915 – DNSSEC Workshop Introduction, Program, Deployment Around the World – Counts, Counts, Counts
|
0915-0930 – Presentation: Update on the ‘Sunset’ of the DNSSEC Look-aside Validation Registry (DLV)
|
0930-1045 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC Activities in the African Region
|
| 1045-1100 – Break |
1100-1130 –Presentation: DNSSEC SIGNER Switchover
|
1130-1200 – Presentation: DNSSEC At Scale
|
1200-1230 – Great DNS/DNSSEC Quiz
|
| 1230-1315 – Lunch Break |
1315-1415 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC and Elliptic Curve Cryptography
|
1415-1500 – Panel Discussion: DNSSEC Root Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover
|
1500-1515 – Presentation: DNSSEC – How Can I Help?
|
ICANN Board with Technical Experts Group
After the 6+ hours of the DNSSEC Workshop are over, I’ll then head over to the meeting of the Technical Experts Group (TEG) from 15:30 – 17:00 where will I will be participating in the discussions meant to advise the ICANN staff and interested ICANN Board members about emerging trends in technology. Toward the end of the session I will be presenting for about 15 minutes on the MANRS initiative to secure BGP and reduce IP spoofing in order to make the Internet’s routing infrastructure more resilient and secure.
Remote participation is available through the links found on the session page:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/wed-board-technical
If you will be there at either the Africa DNS Forum 2016 or ICANN 55 please do say hello – you can find me in these sessions… or drop me a note at york@isoc.org and we can arrange a time to connect.
And … if you want to get started with DNSSEC and DANE, please visit our Start Here page to find resources that can help!
Mar 01
TDYR 294 – Cybersecurity session at EuroDIG 2015
