[sig-dns] RIPE 54 report

[Edward Lewis <Ed.Lewis@neustar.biz>]

The 54th RIPE meeting was held last week.  RIPE is a two part 
organization.  It is a conference of technical material for operators 
in the European Internet region.  It is also the organization that 
assigns, allocates, and registers Internet number resources in the 
European region.  The RIPE NCC (Network Coordination Center) is the 
organization that is both the secretariat for the meetings and the 
number resource registry.

In a sense, RIPE NCC equates to APNIC staff, the RIPE meetings are 
combination of the various Network Operator Groups (SANOG, NZNOG, 
JANOG, and probably others I am missing), APRICOT, and APNIC member 
meetings.  RIPE meetings occur twice a year.

The overall meeting agenda is on this page, which has clickable links 
to all session, agendas and presentations:

    http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/meeting-plan.html

In the open plenary there were DNS-related talks on:

"How ISO 3166 MA Actually Works" - the story behind the 
process/recommendation upon which the contents of the root DNS zone 
are (partially) based.

"Root DDOS Attempt" - a presentation about the February incident.

"DNSSEC in .ru" - an update on signing the Russian TLD.

"A request to ICANN to sign the root of the DNS" - a statement from 
RIPE to ICANN to encourage that to happen.  This is of interest in 
RIPE as they have been DNSSEC signing the reverse map zones they 
manage.

There is also a DNS WG within RIPE and they met on Thursday in two 
sessions.  (Again, from that URL you can find the agendas of the two 
sessions.)  While there is probably interest in all of the agenda 
items for the members of this SIG, I will highlight some of the 
agenda items are here.

F. Finding a DNSSEC Trust Anchor

A mechanism to push DNSSEC into the mainstream, despite the lack of a 
signed root zone.  This feeds into the "request to ICANN" raised in 
the plenary session.  This is a presentation from Sweden, which has 
also been signing their zones and is actively promoting the security 
provided.

H. IDN Progress at ICANN

A short update but it's presence on the agenda shows the importance 
of this topic to the RIPE community.

J.Traffic Analysis the .se Way Using DNS2DB.

A traffic analysis method/tool.  RIPE is often a forum in which 
technical tools developed in support of one's operations are given 
publicity and exchanged.

K. Anycast Experiences in Japan

A follow up to to the anycast presentation given in February/March at 
the APRICOT-APNIC meeting.

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