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1. Event Recap
5. Upcoming Events: DNS Community Day February 26, 2024
Workshop Recap
The 42nd Workshop of the DNS Operations, Analysis, and Research Center (DNS-OARC) commenced on February 8, 2024, in the vibrant city of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Drawing participants from 16 diverse countries, the event served as a forum for discussions spanning a gamut of topics, from resolvers and delegation records to IPv6. OARC 42 witnessed an impressive turnout, with 81 attendees on-site and an additional 54 joining remotely.
Held at the Embassy Suites Uptown in Charlotte, OARC 42 garnered praise for its attention to detail, including commendations for the venue, accommodations, and most notably, the exemplary hospitality extended by the hotel staff. Receiving accolades such as “Fantastic, Flexible, and Friendly,” the staff’s dedication and warmth were appreciated, with some attendees noting the staff even recognized them from previous visits, marking a delightful departure from the post-COVID experiences encountered elsewhere.
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Event Sponsors:
Heartfelt gratitude extends to our esteemed sponsors and patrons whose support made OARC 42 possible:
As a non-profit organization, OARC relies on registration fees, patronage, and sponsorship to help with the costs of its programme of workshops. More information about Sponsorship Opportunities can be found here.
IBM Sponsor Talk:
A groundbreaking addition to the DNS-OARC workshop, Day 1 featured a pioneering sponsor talk by Ekim Maurer of IBM. Addressing a pressing challenge faced by enterprises when deploying Internet based services — latency — Maurer’s session advocated for an expanded role of DNS in traffic steering and Global Server Load Balancing. Utilizing data-driven insights, the talk outlined a reference architecture, delving into various options for optimizing DNS pathways and enhancing connection performance. IBM ended the talk by soliciting input from the audience for feedback on their approach and methodology.
Day 1
The workshop’s first day commenced with Phil Regnauld, President of DNS-OARC, welcoming both the online and in-person participants. The day’s presentations included:
Shane Kerr | NS1, an IBM Company
Using Multiple Authoritative Vendors Does Not Work Like You Thought
Yevheniya Nosyk | Université Grenoble Alpes
DNS fingerprinting
Duane Wessels | Verisign
Real world challenges with large responses, truncation, and TCP
Yannis Labrou | Verisign
The Impact of Negative Caching and DNS Resolution Failures
Tamas Csillag | PCH.net
DNSSEC signer upgrade at PCH.net
Ekim Maurer | IBM
SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Using DNS to solve the latency challenge
Christian Elmerot | Cloudflare
GOV multi-signer transition with NSEC/NSEC3
Duane Wessels | Verisign
Verisign's Transition to ECDSA
Mr Stefan Ubbink | SIDN
KSK algorithm rollover for .nl
David Lawrence | Salesforce
DELEGate the Modern Way
Mr Mark Robertshaw | DNS Research Federation
Resolver Capability Testing Open Source Framework (DNS Research Federation)
Day 2
On the second day of the workshop, alongside many wonderful presentations, DNS-OARC also recognized outgoing Board and PC members. Denesh Bhabuta introduced Duane Wessels who spoke on Keith Mitchell’s 17 years of dedication and contributions to DNS-OARC and his stepping down from Presidency. The day’s presentations featured:
Mr Qifan Zhang | University of California, Irvine
TuDoor Attack: Systematically Exploring and Exploiting Logic Vulnerabilities in DNS Response Pre-processing with Malformed Packets
Jinghua Bai | Qi An Xin Technology Group Inc.
Analysis of NXDOMAIN data from an openresolver perspective in China
Mr Qifan Zhang | University of California, Irvine
ResolverFuzz: Automated Discovery of DNS Resolver Vulnerabilities with Query-Response Fuzzing
Petr Špaček | ISC DNS
Benchmarking 101: Essentials and Common Pitfalls
Jan Včelák | NS1, an IBM Company
DNS Server Performance Tuning in Linux
Sidan Qi | Salesforce
Cloud DNS Monitoring in a Large Scale
Geoff Huston | APNIC
Is the DNS ready for IPv6?
Wes Hardaker | USC/ISI
Traffic Analysis of Fluctuating Flows (TAFFy)
Shane Kerr | NS1
RIPE DNS Resolver Recommendations
Victoria Risk | ISC
Estimate the size of the DNS
Mr Anand Buddhdev | RIPE NCC
Expired RRSIG - answer or not?
Tamas Csillag | PCH.net
DNS features matrix, implementation quirks
Upcoming Events:
DNS-OARC is hosting a DNS Community Day during APRICOT 2024 hosted by The Thai Network Information Center (THNIC) Foundation on February 26. DNS Community Day registration is free but required to plan for catering and logistics. This event is in-person only, to register please visit https://dns-community-day-bkk.eventbrite.com/. For further details, visit the APRICOT 2024 Program, or direct inquiries to meeting@dns-oarc.net.
Workshop Videos:
Videos from OARC 42 are available for viewing on our YouTube Channel.
OARC 42 Survey
Let us know what you thought about OARC 42! The survey is open until February 29, 2024 at https://www.surveyhero.com/c/oarc42
Pictures from OARC 42
