Topics: 2019
JPRS Held 10th ".jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony"
On 1 October 2019, JPRS held the ".jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony."
In public-key cryptography, a key ceremony is a procedure that a unique pair of private and public keys is generated.
.jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony is a procedure creating key- and zone-signing keys for signing the .jp zone.
It is vital to ensure the reliability and stability of DNSSEC that the procedure for generating and managing the key pairs is properly and securely executed. For this reason, JPRS invites the External Witnesses, who are not affiliated with JPRS, to the .jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony.
In this .jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony, the External Witnesses as described below observed the key ceremony and attest that it has been executed as described in the key ceremony procedures. After the ceremony, the witnesses signed the "Check Sheet for .jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony."
- External Witness: Mr. Takashi Tomine (WIDE Project)
- External Witness: Mr. Hiroyuki Tashiro (ASJ INC.)
The key created in the key ceremony will be published in accordance with the following schedule.
Publication Schedule:
* Publish the new DNSKEY resource record in the .jp zone
Mid-November 2019
* Publish the new DS resource record in the root zone
* Remove the obsolete DS resource record from the root zone
25 November 2019
* Remove the obsolete DNSKEY resource record from the .jp zone
Mr. Tomine (WIDE Project),
Mr. Tashiro (ASJ INC.),
Mr. Mizuno (JPRS), Ms. Ikeda (JPRS), Ms. Inomo (JPRS)
References
- JPRS Deploys DNSSEC in the JP Domain Name Service
https://jprs.co.jp/en/press/2011/110117.html - JPRS Held 9th ".jp DNSSEC Key Ceremony"
https://jprs.co.jp/en/topics/2018/181003.html - Information on DNSSEC (in Japanese)
https://jprs.jp/dnssec/