DNS OARC 27: The fast and furious
Topics discussed at day two of DNS OARC 27 included the risks to the DNS associated with IPv6 and a project to reduce unnecessary traffic on the roots.
Topics discussed at day two of DNS OARC 27 included the risks to the DNS associated with IPv6 and a project to reduce unnecessary traffic on the roots.
Some of the highlights from DNS-OARC 27 held in San Jose from 29 September to 3 October 2017.
Why has the DNS Root Zone KSK roll been postponed? Geoff Huston digs into the data to explain.
APNIC is supporting ISC to incorporate code changes to BIND, its open source DNS software, to help reduce the load on DNS root servers.
Interest in the DNS appears to come in waves and we seem to be be in the midst of a furious burst of activity.
Automating DNSSEC key management and validating issues with the KSK roll where two of the many novel discussions had during the recent IEPG meeting in Prague.
Security of the Domain Name System, and privacy, was a topic of much discussion during the recent DNS operations Working Group.
IEPG has moved to a new day in the IETF agenda, but it’s still a very useful conversation between the operations and engineering community.
Guest Post: Given how critical DNS is to the Internet, it’s a mystery that much of the world is not prepared to implement DNSSEC.
RIPE NCC recently organized a two-day DNS Measurements Hackathon to take a closer look at reverse DNS delegations.