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2010-07-15
Signing of the Root Zone - a historic achievement. A major milestone was today reached in the history of the Internet, with the DNS root zone being signed for the first time. The Root DNSSEC Design Team announced today that the first fully validatable production signed root zone was published and began rolling out to the root servers at 2050 UTC.

Netnod would like to congratulate all parties involved for historic achievement. We believe that we now will see more and more DNSSEC signed Top Level Domains (TLDs), resulting in a securer and more robust DNS.

Netnod, has been actively involved with the development of DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) from the early beginnings and a strong supporter of a signed DNS root zone. As the operator of one of the world's 13 root name servers (i.root-servers.net), Netnod has worked together with partners in preparation of today's global roll-out of the DNS root-zone.

Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO of Netnod says: "Today is a historic day in the history of the Internet. The deployment of a signed, fully validatable production signed root zone is a major milestone in securing the DNS. We at Netnod have been a strong advocator of a signed root zone for many years, so to see the achievement realised today is momentous."

DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) adds security to the Domain Name System by providing protection against attacks such as DNS spoofing.

For more information about DNSSEC, please refer to: http://www.dnssec.net/

2010-07-12
Netnod Customer meeting in Stockholm Thursday- Friday 23-24 September 2010.

Netnod invites all customers for a two-day event in Stockholm. The meeting starts after lunch on the 23rd and the same evening we will have a social event with dinner and drinks. On day two the presentations continues in the morning and the meeting will be closed at lunch this day.

The registration for the meeting will open in the middle of August.

Venue: Hilton Stockholm Slussen hotel
Address: Guldgränd 8, Box 15270, Stockholm, Sweden

PLEASE NOTE: Since there is a large congress in Stockholm the week of the Netnod Customer meeting we would recommend everyone who is planning to attend to book accommodation ASAP.

There are still rooms available at:

Comfort Hotel Stockholm
Kungsbron 1
Website: http://www.choicehotels.no/hotels/hotel?hotel=SE030&promo=gglocal

Renstierna Hotel & Hostel
Address: Renstiernas Gata 15
Website: http://hotelrenstierna.se/

Lunda B&B and hostel
Address: Lundagatan 31
Website: http://www.lundapensionat.com/

Rygerfjord Hotel & Hostel
Södermälarstrand Kaj 12-14
Website: http://www.rygerfjord.se/

Ersta konferens & hotel
Address: Erstagatan 1K
Website: http://www.erstadiakoni.se/konferens/

You can also look for accommodation here:

http://beta.stockholmtown.com/sv/

The agenda for the meeting will be published on the Netnod website closer to the event.

Hope to see you in Stockholm in September!

The Netnod Team

For questions in relation to the meeting send us an e-mail to : info@netnod.se

2010-06-24
Netnod / Autonomica responds to NTIA's intent to proceed with DNSSEC in the root.

Netnod / Autonomica has submitted a response to NTIA's Public Notice: "Intent to Proceed with the Final Stages of Domain Name System Security Extensions Implementation in the Authoritative Root Zone", expressing our support to proceed with the full deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone.

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Dear Ms. Alexander

Autonomica AB operates one of Internet's 13 public root name servers for the DNS. As such we have wholeheartedly participated in the deployment and testing of DNSSEC in the root zone, orchestrated by ICANN and Verisign. We have read the "Final Report on DNSSEC Deployment Testing and Evaluation in the Root Zone" jointly published by ICANN and Verisign, and in all parts where we have first hand knowledge, we find it to be a fair and accurate description of the situation. We have no reason to believe that the parts where we do not have first hand knowledge are less fair or less accurate.

We concur with the notion that no harmful effects have been observed, and we share ICANN's and Verisign's view that none of the minor details in the testing plan that failed to meet with full success pose concern for further deployment.

Our counclusions are fully in line with those of the NTIA, and we warmly support its decision to proceed with full deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone.

Finally we would like to commend the DoC, and especially the NTIA, in its outstanding efforts to make this happen. We also acknowledge the equally outstanding efforts by ICANN and Verisign, and many other involved parties, and we believe the Internet community as a whole will benefit greatly from this.

Best regards,
Autonomica AB

Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO

2010-06-17
IPv6 Addresses in the root zone for i.root-servers.net. On 17 June 2010, an AAAA record was added in the root zone for i.root-servers.net. i.root-servers.net thereby joins the group of root name servers reachable using the next generation Internet protocol - IPv6. In the past weeks, necessary software reconfigurations have been carried out to enable i.root-servers.net to provide full DNS service at IPv6 address [2001:7fe::53].

In addition to steps already taken by Netnod to support International Domain Names (IDN - using non-Latin characters), and to provide Secure DNS (DNSSEC) service, this demonstrates Netnod's continued commitment to the development and strengthening of the DNS root server system. Netnod works closely together with other organisations and the Internet community at large to ensure a stable and predictable DNS experience for Internet users.

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