Duane, et al, Congratulations. I know there has been a tremendous amount of preparation for this step. Glad to see it paid off.
It’s particularly nice that this very important step took place in tandem with the sunset of the IANA contract and hence the completion of the Transition, and that neither interfered with the other. Cheers, Steve > On Oct 1, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Wessels, Duane <dwess...@verisign.com> wrote: > > I'm pleased to announce that this change is now complete. As of 13:34 UTC on > October 1, 2016 the root zone has been signed and published with a 2048-bit > ZSK. Please contact myself of Verisign customer service > (i...@verisign-grs.com) if you observe any problems related to this change. > > Duane W. > >> On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Wessels, Duane <dwess...@verisign.com> wrote: >> >> A quick update on this change: A 2048-bit ZSK has been pre-published in the >> root zone as of September 20. We are not aware of any issues related to the >> appearance of the larger key. >> >> In less than 48 hours we will being publishing root zones signed with the >> 2048-bit ZSK. I will send another note once that has happened. If you >> observe any problems related to this change, please contact Verisign's >> customer service at i...@verisign-grs.com. >> >> Duane W. >> >>> On Jul 28, 2016, at 3:37 PM, Wessels, Duane <dwess...@verisign.com> wrote: >>> >>> As you may know, Verisign, in its role as the Root Zone Maintainer >>> is also the operator of the root zone Zone Signing Key (ZSK). Later >>> this year, we will increase the size of the ZSK from 1024-bits to >>> 2048-bits. >>> >>> The root zone ZSK is normally rolled every calendar quarter, as per >>> our “DNSSEC Practice Statement for the Root Zone ZSK operator.”[1] >>> The ZSK public keys are signed at quarterly key signing ceremonies >>> by ICANN in its role as the IANA Functions Operator. >>> >>> On September 20, 2016 the 2048-bit ZSK will be pre-published in the >>> root zone, following the standard ZSK rollover procedure. We intend >>> to begin publishing root zones signed with the first 2048-bit ZSK >>> on October 1, 2016. >>> >>> Some details of the ZSK size transition have recently been presented >>> at the DNS-OARC, NANOG, RIPE, ICANN, and IETF meetings.[2] If you >>> have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at >>> z...@verisign.com. >>> >>> Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might not have >>> seen it here. >>> >>> [1] https://www.verisign.com/assets/dps-zsk-operator-1532.pdf >>> [2] >>> https://ripe72.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/168-verisign-zsk-change.pdf >>> >> >
