Want to learn about the state of DNSSEC usage in North America? Or what is new in DNS monitoring? Or where DNSSEC fits into the plans of operating systems? Or how DANE is being used to bring a higher level of security to email?

All those questions and much more will be discussed at the DNSSEC Workshop at ICANN 51 happening on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, from 8:30 am to 2:45 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, which is UTC-7). If you are in L.A., you can find us in the Pacific Palisades room. If you are remote, you can watch and listen live at:

http://la51.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-dnssec

All the presentations are also available online. The primary panels will be:

• DNSSEC Activities in North America
• Impact of Root Key Rollover
• DNSSEC Deployment in Operating Systems
• DNS/DNSSEC Monitoring
• DANE and Email Services

I will also be starting off the day with some of the latest DNSSEC deployment maps and other deployment statistics. The program committee has worked hard to assemble a great set of speakers and I think you should find the session extremely useful and interesting. It will be recorded for later viewing.

Of particular interest, too, may be the panel about the potential impacts of a Root KSK Rollover. This will be a preview of a longer public discussion that will take place on Thursday, October 17, 2014 from 9:00 am to 12 noon PDT. I published some background information for those interested to learn more.

This DNSSEC Workshop on Wednesday is just one part of an extremely packed week of DNSSEC/DANE activity at ICANN 51 In L.A..

I do hope you can join us live to listen in and ask your questions. It should be a great event!

P.S. If you are interested in getting started with DNSSEC, I’d encourage you to visit the Deploy360 site where we have information tailored for various roles and organization types.