Tutorial

DNSSEC

• Presentation [ppt]

This tutorial is an introduction to the basic concepts behind DNSSEC, its operation and deployment. Currently the DNS lacks a mechanism to establish the authenticity and integrity of the data it provides, yet it is relied upon to provide reliable results. DNSSEC is a set of extensions to provide end-to-end authenticity and integrity.

This tutorial will cover the following topics:

• Overview of DNSSEC
• The need for DNSSEC
• Overview of DNS system
• DNSSEC and latest developments

Tutorial outcome

This tutorial will raise awareness of DNSSEC and facilitate its wider deployment.

Intended audience

The DNSSEC introduction is intended for those who are familiar with common DNS terminology and are interested in learning about the concepts and mechanisms that DNSSEC offers.

Tutor - David Conrad

David is chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Nominum. He is responsible for setting Nominum's technical direction and strategy, as well as overseeing the company's research and development efforts. Additionally, Conrad serves as both a trustee member of the board and a technical liaison to industry consortia that include the IETF, the Internet Society, ICANN, RIPE, APNIC, ARIN, and the Multi-lingual Internet Name Consortium (MINC). He was the executive director of the Internet Software Consortium (ISC)and oversaw the development of Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) version 9.

Prior to joining Nominum, Conrad was president and CEO of Internet Engines, Inc. He also helped create the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), and ran it for four years. Additionally, Conrad served as a research and development engineer at Internet Initiative Japan, Japan's first Asia Pacific regional commercial Internet service provider. He also worked on the "Pacific Communications Network" project at the University of Hawaii, as well as developed one of the first commercial TCP/IP packages for IBM's suite of personal computers as part of a University of Maryland/IBM joint venture.

Tutor - Bill Manning

Bill Manning has been involved in networking since 1979, when he joined Texas Instruments to build out their global IP network. He then joined Rice University and was part of the team that built and ran SESQUINET. He was was instrumental in the migration of MIDNET and SESQUINET from NSFnet regional networks to commercial networks. He served on the COREN and CALREN-2 technical committees. He joined ISI in the Routing Arbiter project and currently he serves on the research staff at USC's Information Sciences Institute. His primary technical interests have been in network operations and naming systems.

He is active in the IETF and IEPG as an individual participant, working group chair and code developer. He was responsible for specifying the method for adding NSAP support to the DNS, and then developed and implemented a plan to expand the Internet root server system to add four new nodes.

Bill has been involved with the APRICOT conference as a trainer and on the Executive Committee since its inception. He is also a member of APIA.

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