DNS/DNSSEC Workshop

Workshop date: 21-25 February 2012
Venue: Room 293, Level 2, Hotel Ashok

Synopsis

This is a technical workshop, made of up lecture and hands-on lab work to teach DNS and DNS Security Extentions targeted at operators who are responsible for the DNS services in their organization.

Target audience

Network/systems administrators and engineers from ISP/REN/Universities or corporations, who are responsible for DNS service, and operating authoritative and/or recursive DNS installations.

Pre-requisites

• Medium to good knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment
• Basic understanding of DNS (this course is not an introduction)
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING A LAPTOP

Workshop Topics

• DNS concepts
• BIND (DNS server) and Resolver (DNS client) configurations
• Setting up domains
• DNS debugging tools, troubleshooting, and techniques
• Reverse DNS
• RNDC
• Access control lists
• Split DNS
• TSIG
• Secured dynamic updates
• DNS security extensions (DNSSEC)
• DNS and IPv6

Instructors

Phil Regnauld, Network Startup Resource Center, Denmark
Hervey Allen, Network Startup Resource Center, Chile
Andy Linton, Network Startup Resource Center, New Zealand