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CENTR Guide to ICANN48 Report
The regular pre-report to the upcoming ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires is
available covering what to expect at the the ccNSO, GNSO and GAC sessions.
Click to go to the report
First DS records added to the .is zone
Strategic Plan to Promote DNSSEC Launched by Afnic
To improve the protection of the French Internet against attacks on its DNS infrastructure, Afnic calls for an acceleration in the deployment of DNSSEC
The strategic plan is based on several action levers, the initial initiatives being as follows:
- A Practical Guide to DNSSEC deployment: this implementation and deployment manual provides practical guidance for DNS hosts to configure DNSSEC on their infrastructure;
- Special DNSSEC training, in partnership with HSC for those involved in DNS hosting in France;
- A financial incentive scheme. Until 31 December 2013, Afnic is offering its accredited registrars a 10% discount on the price of creation and keep options for DNSSEC signed domain names under the .fr TLD.
European ccTLD - November 2013
CENTR has published its latest ccTLD newsletter with a focus on its recent CENTR Awards 2013 . The newly refreshed newsletter format also covers among other things;
- "CENTR Awards 2013"
- IGF: The Social Role of a ccTLD Registry
- QnA with AFNIC (.fr) on R&D
- Domain Name Statistics
- Members 185
.BY (Belarus) implements DNSSEC
Effective 25 October 2013, DNSSEC was implemented for .BY (Belarus)
DNSSEC will first be assigned to the domains of state organizations such as
mil.by and gov.by. Later on, Registrars will be provided with possibility to
assign DNSSEC service to any second level domain name in ccTLD .BY
InternetNZ approves to register .nz domains at second level
IGF2013 - the Social Role of a ccTLD
This
morning – unfortunately too early for any European to follow remotely – CENTR
in cooperation with the other regional ccTLD organisations AfTLD, APTLD and
LACTLD held a workshop at the Internet Governance Forum in Bali on the
Social Role of a ccTLD Registry .
ccTLD
registries from the different regions showcased projects and activities they
run next to their main task of managing the national country code and by which
they contribute to the development of the Local Internet Community.
‘The
workshop contributed significantly to underline the importance of the leading
role the ccTLDs played, are playing and will continue to play within their
community’ said Giovanni Seppia (Chair of the CENTR IGF workshop).
The agenda and presentations are at www.centr.org/IGF2013 .
European Cyber Security Month also in Serbia
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Safety (ENISA) is running its European Cyber Security Month campaign for the second time in a row during October. This year Serbia is joining in, represented by the Register of National Domain Names of Serbia (RNIDS). European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) aims to promote cyber security among the population in order to change attitudes towards cyber threats and to provide the public with the latest information through education and exchange of good practices. RNIDS is organising two events in O3ONE Gallery in Belgrade as part of ECSM – an exhibition and a panel discussion – which are open to all.
Read further...DNSSEC activated for .is
ISNIC has now finished the first stage in implementing DNSSEC for the .is TLD, by signing the .is zone and having the corresponding DS records published in the root zone by IANA. Records in the is zone can now be authenticated by properly configured DNS resolvers that support DNSSEC.
The next step in the implementation is to allow domain holders to publish their DS records in the .is zone so their signed zone can be authenticated by the chain of trust to the root zone. Then domain holders can be assured that properly configured resolvers can and will authenticate responses from their domain servers and will disregard attempts from attackers to disrupt or poison the DNS system.
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CENTR votes in .BY (Belarus) as newest Full Member
At their 50th General Assembly held in Brussels last week, CENTR voted unanimously to accept the full member application from the Registry for .BY (Republic of Belarus).
CENTR welcomes the new member to the community and has begun integration of their membership to the organisation. .BY has become the 52nd Full member to CENTR (see complete list of CENTR Members)
For More information on .BY please visit http://cctld.by/eng/about.html