IPv6 status in the .nu zone
Ulrich Wisser, senior DNS expert at the Swedish Internet Foundation has run a software test to look at the level of support for IPv6 within the .nu domain.
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First large top-level domain to transition from NSEC3 to NSEC
After weeks of extensive testing, The Swedish Internet Foundation has successfully completed a shift from NSEC3 to NSEC for the top-level domain .NU, being the first large operator to do so.
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Zonemaster validates reliably
A comparative study between tools for validating the quality of DNS delegation shows that Zonemaster is a reliable and effective tool; ahead of alternatives like MXToolbox and NAST.
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Time To Die for TTL
Zone files contain an awful lot of TTL values, and sometimes it is good to take a step back to see if what you've set up is still meaningful. We took a deeper look at our TTL values and it seems an extreme TTL makeover is called for.
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The launch of Registry Lock
Today, on April 23rd, The Swedish Internet Foundation launched a new, semi-automated, registry lock function, replacing the old manual registry lock service that has existed since 2013.
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DNS' best friends
Two informative days has gotten The Swedish Internet Foundation acquainted with open source hardware security modules developed by CrypTech.
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11th October: KSK Rollover time
On the 16th of September the ICANN board made the final decision to go forward with the Key-Signing-Key (KSK) Rollover in the root zone. After an earlier roll got cancelled, it is now set in motion again.
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New major Zonemaster release
The Swedish Internet Foundation and Afnic have released a new major release of Zonemaster on 2018-05-25. Zonemaster is a DNS (Domain Name System) validation tool which aims to improve the security and resilience of the internet infrastructure.
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Critical IT-services in focus at the DNS reference group
Increased robustness for critical municipal IT-services to prepare them for a major crisis, an update on the root KSK rollover and insight into the DNS architecture of Facebook were some of the topics at DNS reference group meeting in May.
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Lessons learned from the .SE algorithm rollover
The Swedish Internet Foundation was the first TLD to sign their zone, but eventually you come to a point where an overhaul is needed. This is what we learned from that process.
