[Podcast] The October 2026 root KSK roll
In this episode of PING, Verisign’s Duane Wessels discusses the transition to the third DNS root KSK key pair, which is scheduled to begin signing the root zone on 11 October 2026.
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[Podcast] ‘Just say no’ isn’t as simple as you think
A continuation of the discussion on surplus DNS queries seen at APNIC Labs, the implications of how you say ‘no’, and the transport used for the DNS.
[Podcast] Measuring the impact of locally served root zone
An analysis of the traffic impacts of locally served root zones, by Ilyas Rahimi at UvA.
[Podcast] DNS cold start
Geoff Huston discusses the unexpected behaviours of the DNS when you perform a query after ‘cold start’ with no cached data.
[Podcast] Canonical Cache Representation
Job Snijders discusses a new, compact representation of RPKI-signed objects and an archive of spooled snapshots of the global RPKI repositories.
[Podcast] DNS query duplication
Why does APNIC Labs experimental systems see almost all DNS queries twice or more?
[Podcast] Testing RSSAC 028 DNS root server name choices
A measurement study of how the DNS bootstrap priming query behaves when the root servers are renamed and DNSSEC signatures are added.
[Podcast] What ‘name-based routing’ really means
Internet routing is shifting from IP-based forwarding to name-based decisions, with DNS and intermediaries steering requests. How does this work in practice, and who decides where your request is served from?
[Podcast] The Erik protocol: Improving RPKI data fetch
Job Snijders discusses the new ‘Erik’ protocol for faster RPKI repository synchronization.
[Podcast] About time
This episode of PING explores how today’s dependence on highly synchronized clocks is colliding with unstable Earth rotation, legacy system epochs, and the growing need to secure Internet time itself.