Panel at IETF 75 -- Securing the DNS: Towards a more secure Internet

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Dear colleagues:

Following the success of the Internet Society's IPv6 panel held at the IETF 74 venue, I want to make you aware of panel event to be held during the IETF 75 week in Stockholm, Sweden:

Securing the DNS: Towards a more secure Internet
  11:45am - 12:45pm (UTC+2), Tuesday 28 July
  Clarion Sign Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden (opposite the IETF 75 venue)
  Light lunch provided; registration is free

The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the critical operational elements of the Internet, creating a "human environment" that allows names to be mapped to host addresses across the Internet. But the DNS was established with no inherent security mechanisms, making it vulnerable to certain malicious activities, such as DNS spoofing, where attackers make false assertions about DNS data in order to misdirect traffic to unwanted sites.

Efforts are underway on several fronts, developing better Internet security technologies and practices through open standards development and the collaborative work of developers, operators, and industry. One key effort is DNSSEC (short for DNS Security Extensions) - a set of open standards developed to authenticate DNS data using public key infrastructure to digitally sign DNS records, providing a high level of security to core transactions. It does not solve all online security issues, but it is an important step towards a more secure online experience.

Leaders from across the Internet community are actively engaged in work to drive the broad deployment of DNSSEC and other standards for continuous improvements in Internet security.

In this session - designed to make these issues accessible to a broader audience - the Internet Society's Leslie Daigle will lead a distinguished panel of some of the world's leading developers, administrators, and operators of Internet infrastructure. What are their experiences? What problems have they overcome? And what do they see as the next steps towards a more robustly secure Internet?

All are welcome to participate, but seats are limited, so please register in advance. More information, including free online registration at:

   http://www.isoc.org/dns

For those unable to attend, an live audiocast will be available - check the website above closer to the date for details.

Russ Housley
IETF Chair

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