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IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Managing Critical Internet Resources
Main theme question address by workshop: Question 5: What new developments pose specific new policy and technical challenges?
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
Securing the critical infrastructure of the Internet, particularly ccTLDs, each country's most valuable online resource, is one of the most important Internet Governance issues being faced today. To ensure the security and privacy of the Internet's billions of users, important responsibilities must be undertaken by ccTLD operations and governance stakeholders in making DNSSEC, the cryptographic signing of domain names, available to the Internet-using constituents of each national top-level domain.
DNSSEC has become a universal requirement for top-level domain operators, but today fewer than one quarter of ccTLDs have deployed it, making the remaining countries even more susceptible to online crime and fraud such as phishing and malware. As developed countries deploy DNSSEC more rapidly, the global burden of cybercrime falls ever more heavily on the shoulders of the remaining developing countries.
This workshop will provide an overview of the technology and practices required for successful DNSSEC deployment, including practical examples from practitioners who have created the signing infrastructure for dozens of countries, as well as the root of the domain name system. The workshop will describe the operation and management of typical DNSSEC-signed country domains, including administrative structure, technical management, trust relationships, security practices, documentation and audit requirements, relationships with other stakeholders, business model and the role and purpose of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in securing the Domain Name System and higher-level aspects of Internet networks.
Background Paper:
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House
Rick Lamb, ICANN
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
Charles Musisi, .ug ccTLD administrator, Uganda
Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House
Rick Lamb, ICANN
Bevil Wooding, ICANN root-signing TCR (Trusted Community Representative)
Name of Remote Moderator(s):