Archive for June, 2011

DNSSEC is now “enabled by default in the current canary and dev channels of Chrome and is on schedule to go stable with Chrome 14,” reports the Imperial Violet blog, which also includes instructions on set up and information for site operators.

ICANN 41 is underway in Singapore, and two sessions will highlight DNSSEC basics and deployment progress at the meeting this week:

• Today, “DNSSEC for Everybody” invited all particpants–no technical experience necessary–for a beginners’ session on deployment. Speakers from ISC, Nominet and VeriSign explained DNSSEC basic and core concepts and share real-world examples and a sample deployment.
• Wednesday, the DNSSEC Workshop will look at worldwide deployment, challenges for registrars, domain name transfers, and deployment outcomes. Reports from deployment efforts in Australia, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and  Thailand. Links for remote participation are included for this session, with audio, chat room and scribe feed options for low bandwidth and audiocast and virtual meeting rommoptions for high bandwidth.

Links to presentations are included at each workshop link, above.

The DNSSEC Deployment Coordination Initiative will sponsor a day-long workshop at the FOSE Conference and Expo for federal, state and local government information technology professionals on Wednesday, July 20.

“The deployment diaries: DNSSEC in U.S. federal systems and beyond” will assess progress, identify lessons learned and offer new solutions and models for successful deployment, with an emphasis on solutions. Participants will learn:

• Where their agencies stand compared to the rest of the .gov domain
• How DNSSEC fits into current cybersecurity priorities for the U.S. government
• Successful deployment models in the public and private sectors, from other domains, ISPs, registrars and more
• New apps, APIs, tools and products to help with federal deployment

Speakers include executives from federal agencies, including GSA, NIST, and Homeland Security; nonprofits such as the Internet Systems Consortium and the Public Interest Registry, .org; and companies including Afilias, Comcast, F5 Networks, Infoblox, Microsoft, Neustar, Nominet, Nominum, Secure64, Sparta, VeriSign, and more.

An extra $35 fee is required for workshop registration. Break refreshments will be provided, and attendees will learn what to ask vendors about DNSSEC deployment solutions, as well as lesson learned directly from federal and private-sector deployment. DNSSEC suppliers will be featured at the FOSE Expo. Go here to register for FOSE at a 20 percent discount. Be sure to add the DNSSEC workshop as an “add-on” to your registration.