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| 2008-10-30 | DNSSEC -- Living and Loving Life after Kaminsky; Or: How I overcame my fear and signed my zones; Alan Clegg, Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC) |
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DNSSEC -- Living and Loving Life after Kaminsky;
Or: How I overcame my fear and signed my zones
Alan Clegg, Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC)
2008-10-30
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Session Abstract
With the fear and uncertainty caused by Dan Kaminsky's new attack vector against DNS, the subsequently mandated deployment of DNSSEC into the .gov namespace, and the political debate surrounding the signing of the root zone, the race is on to secure DNS. This talk will explain the recent events that lead up to the government mandate and will help the system administrator and their managers to understand the next steps towards deploying a safe end-to-end DNS infrastructure. The talk will provide an overview of DNSSEC, its interoperability with existing DNS, and will outline the steps required to begin testing and deployment of DNSSEC. Examples of configuration and deployment of DNSSEC will be given using ISC's BIND[1].
Bio
Alan Clegg is a Support Engineer for Internet Systems Consortium. In this position, Alan provides training and support for BIND and ISC DHCP.
Alan has over 20 years providing support and management of Internet facing systems, and as a Dale Carnegie trained public speaker, he has provided tailored learning experiences to corporations (Banc One, Jefferson Pilot Communications), at conventions and meetings (BSDcon, InfraGard, HTCIA), and as part of his job with Berkeley Software Design.
During the NSF funded rollout of Internet access to higher education, Alan assisted in the deployment of "high speed" (56k!) network access to all 2 and 4 year degree granting, publicly funded colleges and universities in North Carolina. Later, as a member of the technical staff of Berkeley Software Design, he provided training and support for the BSD/OS and FreeBSD operating systems. More recently, Alan was a member of the senior engineering team at Hosted Solutions, a data center solutions provider with multiple data centers in North Carolina and Massachusetts.
Alan is involved with InfraGard, a public/private partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and providers of infrastructure in the United States, and has previously served on the board of directors for the Eastern Carolina Chapter.
Serving as a volunteer firefighter for over 18 years, Alan became an American Red Cross Disaster Services volunteer following hurricane Katrina. He is also a trainer for the FEMA Community Emergency Response Team, specializing in CERT response to acts of terrorism.
References
[1] http://www.isc.org/bind