Starting this Friday, March 4, I’ll be in Marrakech, Morocco, for a great bit of DNS security discussions at two events:
There will be some great introductions to DNSSEC and DANE – and some outstanding technical presentations on Wednesday. Two important changes from previous ICANN meetings:
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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 [email protected] 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!
Disclaimer: Viewpoints expressed in this post are those of the author and may or may not reflect official Internet Society positions.
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