Posted on 10/12/2018 3:03:07 PM PDT by SaveFerris
ICANN has scheduled the Root Zone Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover for today, and it could affect some DNS users all over the world.
By Rolling the KSK, ICANN implies that a new cryptographic public and private key pair will be generated and the private key will be distributed to internet service providers, enterprise network administrators, and Domain Name System (DNS) resolver operators.
KSK Rollover operations began in October 2016 and were scheduled for October 2017. However, ICANN announced that the rollover has been postponed due to the fact that “a significant number of resolvers used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Network Operators are not yet ready for the Key Rollover.”
A draft plan was announced on February 1, 2018, after receiving input from the community; October 11, 2018, was the date put forward to initiate the procedure. According to ICANN, the rollover is necessary to curb the rising number of cyber attacks.
(Excerpt) Read more at fossbytes.com ...
I’m sure it will be back up soon after the election and the POTUS has been removed...
Rollover ... Beethoven
Thanks SaveFerris.
Ping me when the internet goes down.
Already had some issues with OpenDNS, had to change to ISP’s DNS server for a bit, hopefully it clears up soon
A fact that still ticks me off
>> “a significant number of resolvers used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Network Operators are not yet ready for the Key Rollover.” <<
Oh great. So my small town ISP in middle America probably has no clue this is even happening.
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Electronic warfare ping.
“By Rolling the KSK, ICANN implies that a new cryptographic public and private key pair will be generated and the private key will be distributed to internet service providers, enterprise network administrators, and Domain Name System (DNS) resolver operators...”
I doubt any of this means anything. Surely ICANN has no power over the internet.
/s
Know anything about this lingo?
“By Rolling the KSK, ICANN implies that a new cryptographic public and private key pair will be generated and the private key will be distributed to internet service providers, enterprise network administrators, and Domain Name System (DNS) resolver operators...”
Are they flexing their muscle? Testing out new software to help China or whoever?
Some. About four years or so ago, it was discovered the cryptography they were using to sign websites was not as secure as they thought. They set about creating the rollout of a plan to increase the security of those encryption certificates so that when you connect to a HTTPS (secure) website, it actually IS secure. . . and they were supposed to have it done originally by 2016, but it hasn't been done yet.
There will be a public key which allows us USERS and everyone who needs to decrypt the portion of the certificate we need to see, and an owners'/issuer's key. . . that is the portion that assures the certificate of security is authentic. . . at least until some bad guys figure out how to spoof them. . . which should take a long time.
Evidently, they are FINALLY rolling the change over out this past weekend and making the new certificates available so we can be assured that when we connect to our banks, use a credit card on line, etc., it truly IS secure once the private keys are in place. It SHOULD be transparent to all of us users, although I expect to see some "The certificate for this website is expired or outdated" alerts.
Thank you, FRiend. Your input really helped flesh out this thread.
Now we know ICANN’s tacit reasoning [even though they no longer stand for free speech].
Hmm
I was thinking about ICANN and your research when I read this article on Friday.
Not good sign here.
Country is not prepared (in any sense of the word) to go offline even for a day or two.
I ran some documents to have current hard copies after reading this thread...
A flash drive for backup memory would be enough to brace for a major ‘hack-down’ of the internet. But paper’s good for EMP attacks.
Swordmaker explained in Post 16 the tacit reasoning for ICANN’s overhaul. Not that I trust anything that those sell-outs have to say.
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