[dns-wg] NTIA and RIPE

On 30 okt 2008, at 08.05, Patrik Fältström wrote:

> a) It would be good if change of ZSK or KSK operator would NOT imply  
> a silent period or _VERY_ complicated key rollover.

changing the holder of the ZSK (e.g. the root zone maintainer) doesn't  
have to be very complicated. some time before the change of  
maintainers, the new maintainer would submit its first set of ZSK to  
the KSK holder for signing and the old maintainer would include this  
in the root zone for some short period of time.

I do however believe that changing the holder of the KSK will be  
complicated, unless a proven automatic key rollover mechanism has been  
developed, implemented _and_ deployed. so while I wouldn't hold my  
breath waiting for this to happen, I hope that the initial KSK holder  
will be stable and that it is possible to transfer the KSK in case the  
holder needs to be changed.

	jakob