Re: DNSSEC & the .EDU domain

[Rodney Petersen <rpetersen () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

This is under active consideration by the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security
Task Force.  As someone else has commented, we have a working group
established under the banner of the Internet2 Salsa group.
Additionally, EDUCAUSE, as the administrator of the dot edu domain, is
in active conversation with Verasign who provides our technical support.
Additionally, there are a few initiatives within government and industry
to move this forward and we are participating in those dialogues as
well.

You will find some excellent materials from a February 2008 presentation
on "DNSSEC:  Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education" at
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/DNSSECChallengesandOpport/4
6213.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

-Rodney

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Rodney J. Petersen, J.D.
Government Relations Officer & Security Task Force Coordinator

EDUCAUSE
1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 1010
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www.educause.edu/security
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-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John Center
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:29 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] DNSSEC & the .EDU domain

Hi,

Has there been any discussion on signing the .EDU domain?  I see that
PIR is planning to sign .ORG.  This might be a good time to do it... :-)

Thanks.

        -John

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John Center
Villanova University