<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Listers and especially ISPs and Telcos this might be of interest.<br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> ICANN At-Large Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 17 August 2017 at 3:31:44 PM EAT<br><b>To:</b> ALAC Announce <<a href="mailto:alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org">alac-announce@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[ALAC-Announce] ICANN News Alert -- Changing the Keys for the Internet’s Addressing System – Don’t Get Locked Out</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<h2>News Alert<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources_press-2Dmaterial_release-2D2017-2D08-2D16-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=b6UFy8oMwDtdR5O-p4ips5ObrV4n9BW04dnhTeN7v3M&s=k3TvRK9VgpQ6Rfzh9ckXXCbKOoN7AvDbwv-_IehkLoM&e=">https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2017-08-16-en[icann.org]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Changing the Keys for the Internet’s Addressing System – Don’t Get Locked Out<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>16 August 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Los Angeles, California…</span></b></em> For the first time ever, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is about to change the cryptographic keys that help secure the Internet's
Domain Name System (DNS).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"It is critical that Internet Service Providers and network operators around the world make certain they are ready for this change as failure to do so can result in their users being unable to look up domain names and thus be unable to reach any site on
the Internet" said David Conrad, ICANN's Chief Technology Officer. Conrad added, "Network operators should ensure they have up-to-date software, have enabled DNSSEC, and verified that their systems can update their keys automatically or they have processes
in place to manually update to the new key by 1600 UTC on 11 October 2017."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The changing, or "rolling" of the key, is an important step in keeping the global DNS safe and secure. It is very much in line with commonly accepted operational practices that ensure that important security infrastructure can support changing password if
the need were to ever arise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"We've launched a testing platform so network operators can make certain that they are ready for the key roll well ahead of October 11," said Conrad. That testing platform can be accessed at:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__go.icann.org_KSKtest&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=b6UFy8oMwDtdR5O-p4ips5ObrV4n9BW04dnhTeN7v3M&s=DleKz9ny53_wz6DaQUsnXljJW3UUswxuggFJsJt7MGg&e=">
https://go.icann.org/KSKtest[go.icann.org]</a>. Internet users should contact their ISP or network operators to make certain they are ready for the key change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>ICANN has been working with technical partners such as the Regional Internet Registries, Network Operations Groups, and domain name registries and registrars as well as others in the Internet ecosystem, such as the Internet Society and Internet trade associations,
to make certain that those around the world who may be impacted by the key roll are aware of the pending change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>ICANN Chief Executive Officer Göran Marby has sent correspondence to more than 170 government officials including regulators and participants in ICANN's Government Advisory Committee, asking that they make certain the network operators in their respective
countries are aware and ready for the key change.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To learn more about the pending Key Roll, go here: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_kskroll&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=b6UFy8oMwDtdR5O-p4ips5ObrV4n9BW04dnhTeN7v3M&s=XuGyup0cVB09gcCobtLoktQRk4ra2PgxXEA89HsNaMw&e=">
https://www.icann.org/kskroll[icann.org]</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To join the conversation on Twitter use <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">#KeyRoll</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="floatcenter"># # #<o:p></o:p></p>
<h3>Media Contacts<o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Brad White</span></strong><br>
Director of Communications, North America<br>
Washington, D.C.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tel:</span></strong> +1 202 570 7118<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: </span></strong><a href="mailto:brad.white@icann.org">brad.white@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Alexandra Dans</span></strong><br>
Senior Manager, Latin America and Caribbean Communications<br>
Montevideo, Uruguay<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tel:</span></strong> +598 95 831 442<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:alexandra.dans@icann.org">
alexandra.dans@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3>About ICANN<o:p></o:p></h3>
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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you have to type an address into your computer - a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each
other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation and a community with participants from all over the world. ICANN and its community help keep the Internet
secure, stable and interoperable. It also promotes competition and develops policy for the top-level of the Internet's naming system and facilitates the use of other unique Internet identifiers. For more information please visit:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mrDeztziKLa7gZqGADzxcnHA3QXmXYsnChWYBR4NElI&m=b6UFy8oMwDtdR5O-p4ips5ObrV4n9BW04dnhTeN7v3M&s=XDOpsEVIoTBqbSyKzuxnzsRYzr0ur_gdFNTdKJHfyBQ&e=">
www.icann.org[icann.org]</a>.<img border="0" width="1" height="1" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=1008312&act=CWP8&r=28876652&c=165637"><o:p></o:p></p>
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