John Demco
Root Zone Signed – DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) has been enabled at the root zone as of July 15. The work was done by VeriSign and ICANN, working in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce. DNSSEC supports the digital signing of DNS data, and the signing of the root zone together with the establishment of a root trust anchor should encourage widespread deployment of DNSSEC in the Internet.
Picks To Click
- “The End of the Beginning for DNSSEC“, by Ram Mohan.
- Nominet’s Policy Advisory Board has ceased to operate, and the organization is introducing an open approach for developing policy for the .uk domain.
- The U.S. Internet Governance Forum is meeting in Washington on July 21.
- The .nz domain is introducing IDNs, in the form of macrons over the vowels, to coincide with Māori Language Week 2010 which starts on July 26.
- Carleton University Students’ Association Inc. wins a dispute over cusaonline.ca.
Timeline
- Tue, Aug 3 – Mon, Aug 16: call for Member Nominees for CIRA Board election
- Thu, Aug 26 – Thu, Sep 9: shows of support for Member Nominees for CIRA election
- Tue, Sep 14 – Tue, Sep 21: online forum for CIRA Board of Directors election
- Tue, Sep 21: CIRA Annual General Meeting
- Wed, Sep 22 – Wed, Sep 29: CIRA Board of Directors election
- Sun, Dec 5 – Fri, Dec 10: ICANN meetings in Cartagena, Columbia