[dns-wg] Solicitation for Statements of Interest regarding Root KSK Rollover

Hi all,

Given that this work is supposed to be voluntary without compensation, who do you expect to be able to participate in the design team ready to serve and during what timeframe in 2015? Some of the people with the right experience, involved in the root zone signing (as for example TCR's) already today have trouble finding the money to take part in the key ceremonies every 6th month. Expecting professional and experienced people with expert knowledge about DNS, DNSSEC, key management among other things, to be able to spend about 15 per cent of their weekly working time without getting paid seems to me a bit optimistic. Furthermore the criteria states: "Applicants to the Design Team would be representing themselves, not any organization or interest with which they may be associated". From my point of view, that should mean that if I don't get support from the organization where I currently work, I will have to pay for my participation from my own pockets, and apply for leave from my duties with .SE while doing this. Even though I am very interested it is impossible financially.

ICANN did use an experienced design team defining the design for the first root zone signing in 2010, I am a bit curious why ICANN aren't reusing the same design team, given the fact that they already know all about the details behind the choices made in 2010 and that the current design works well.

Kind regards,


Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder
Chief Information Security Officer
.SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation)
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> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: dns-wg [mailto:dns-wg-bounces at ripe.net] För KSK Rollover SOI
> Skickat: den 12 december 2014 20:09
> Till: dns-wg at ripe.net
> Ämne: [dns-wg] Solicitation for Statements of Interest regarding Root KSK
> Rollover
> 
> ICANN, as the IANA functions operator, in cooperation with Verisign as the
> Root Zone Maintainer and the National Telecommunications Information
> Administration (NTIA) as the Root Zone Administrator, together known as the
> Root Zone Management (RZM) partners, seek to develop a plan for rolling
> the DNS root zone key-signing key (KSK). The KSK is used to sign the root
> zone zone-signing key (ZSK), which in turn is used to DNSSEC-sign the
> Internet’s root zone. The Root Zone Partners are soliciting five to seven
> volunteers from the community to participate in a Design Team to develop
> the Root Zone KSK Rollover Plan (“The Plan”). These volunteers along with
> the RZM partners will form the Design Team to develop The Plan.
> 
> Individuals interested in volunteering approximately 5 hours per week for the
> Design Team should consult the announcement:
> 
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ksk-soi-11dec14-en.pdf
> 
> and submit their Statement of Interest to ksk-rollover-soi at icann.org no later
> than January 16, 2015.

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