{"id":5140,"date":"2025-01-23T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:09:33","slug":"icann-dnssec-training-event-at-university-of-iceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/2025\/01\/23\/icann-dnssec-training-event-at-university-of-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"ICANN DNSSEC training event at University of Iceland in February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/en\/engagement-calendar\/details\/dnssec-training-at-iceland-university-2025-02-04\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small.png 1650w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small-670x345.png 670w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/DNSSEC_University_Iceland_Training_small-1536x791.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/\">ICANN<\/a> (the organisation that, e.g., decided that there is an .is top-level domain) will offer a technical training on DNSSEC that is hosted by the Computer Science department of University of Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>DNSSEC uses cryptography to guarantee that not everyone can fake an answer to a request to resolve, e.g. <code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">island.is<\/code>, to an IP address \u2013 but only the authoritative owner of that domain will be able to that.<\/p>\n<p>This training is for everyone who now or in future is in charge of a domain and wants to use DNSSEC to secure the address resolution of that domain -- or for those who just want to learn about how the Domain Name System, (DNS) works.<\/p>\n<p>To quote one of our MSc students in Cybersecurity who participated at such a training event last year:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt was really interesting to see everything that goes into securing the DNS. Really good training with talented experts! Highly recommend going!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Topics<\/h3>\n<p>Introduction \/ DNS Recap<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Zone Files, Resource Records and roles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Reverse DNS&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DNS Resolution Process and debugging<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>TSIG and ACL<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<span>DNSSEC<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Signing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Validation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Non-existence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Key management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Chain of Trust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Policy Considerations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Setting up validation in a Recursive Server<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Signing Zones (Authoritative Servers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DNSSEC&nbsp;operations and maintenance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tools: Troubleshooting and Monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Overview of DANE, TLS and&nbsp;DNSSEC<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Labs<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>DNS\/DNSSEC debugging&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Zone creation and configuration: primary and secondaries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Zone signing: manualand automatic&nbsp;&nbsp;signing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Establish and confirm chain of trust<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>DNSSEC&nbsp;validation (recursive resolver)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trainer: Ulrich Wisser, ICANN Technical Engagement Manager, Europe<\/p>\n<p>For the labs, you need to bring your own laptop. ICANN will provide you with virtual machines<\/p>\n<h3>Dates and Location<\/h3>\n<p>Tuesday and Wednesday, 4th and 5th of February 2025, 9:00-17:00, Askja building, University of Iceland<\/p>\n<h3>Registration<\/h3>\n<p>Limited space available for students (as it is also open for industry people): first-come-first-served.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/en\/engagement-calendar\/details\/dnssec-training-at-iceland-university-2025-02-04\">https:\/\/www.icann.org\/en\/engagement-calendar\/details\/dnssec-training-at-iceland-university-2025-02-04<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This event is in the context of our <a href=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/cybersecurity\/\">cybersecurity activities<\/a> and the ECCC\/EU co-funded projects <a href=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/research\/icedef-defend-iceland\/\">ICEDEF \u2013 Defend Iceland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/research\/eyvor-ncc\/\">Eyv\u00f6r \u2013 the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre of Iceland (NCC-IS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/ECCC_logo-150x49.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"49\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-5148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/ECCC_logo-150x49.png 150w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2025\/01\/ECCC_logo.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2023\/09\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_POS-150x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"31\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2023\/09\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_POS-150x31.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2023\/09\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_POS-670x141.jpg 670w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2023\/09\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_POS-768x161.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/files\/2023\/09\/EN-Co-funded-by-the-EU_POS.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ICANN (the organisation that, e.g., decided that there is an .is top-level domain) will offer a technical training on DNSSEC that is hosted by the Computer Science department of University of Iceland. DNSSEC uses cryptography to guarantee that not everyone can fake an answer to a request to resolve, e.g. island.is, to an IP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5140"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6065,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5140\/revisions\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}