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“The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable.”

– Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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2010-06-20

The first Root Zone Key Signing Key
Kirei

The first Root Zone Key Signing Key was generated June 16, 2010, at 21:19 (UTC) during a key ceremony in Culpeper, VA. The DS record for the generated key is:
. IN DS 19036 8 2 49AAC11D7B6F6446702E54A1607371607A1A41855200FD2CE1CDDE32F24E8FB5
The full DNSKEY representation of the public key will be published shortly after the second ceremony, which is scheduled for [...]
2010-06-19

Top Level Domains and a Signed Root
Jakob

With DNSSEC for the root zone going into production in a couple of weeks, it is now possible for Top Level Domain (TLD) managers to submit their Delegation Signer (DS) information to IANA. But what does this really mean for a TLD? In this post we’re going to try to sort that out.
What is Delegation [...]
2010-04-18

Kirei & DNSSEC for the Root Zone
Jakob

As many of you know already, Kirei – as part of the Root DNSSEC Design Team, and on behalf of ICANN – has a central role in implementing DNSSEC for the Root Zone. The team, consisting of a group of Internet and security experts from ICANN, VeriSign and Kirei, has been working closely together with [...]