ICANN Launches Test Bed for KSK Rollover

ICANN released a publicly available “testing platform” Sunday of its rollover of the root zone key signing key (KSK), which acts as the “master” key for the Domain Name System Security Extensions. ICANN Chief Technology Officer David Conrad urged DNS operators Monday to use the test bed, saying during the organization’s Copenhagen conference (see 1703100062 and 1703130010) “we have to make sure that everyone is aware that the KSK rollover will happen.” ICANN will also do a briefing on the test bed during a Tuesday session in Copenhagen. The KSK switchover is set for Oct. 11.