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TAKREM, SAKEM and Other Information Security Topics

● **NEW** A document focused on DNS root signature, A (Pro?-)Position Paper re DNS Root Zone File Signature Using DNSSEC Protocols.

● The high level document Six Roles for Early Introduction of DNSSEC is a must-read for exerts and would-be experts on DNSSEC deployment.

● The above proposal is based on two specific contributions towards DNSSEC deloyment:

• an IETF contribution in the form of an Internet draft for facilitation of “DNSSEC root priming,” including a root trust anchor key rollover scheme and an implicit facilitation of “DNS root nameservice substitution for DNSSEC purposes,” and

• an opt-in strategy, especially useful to circumvent the lack of DNSSEC support in large TLDs.

This material is in rather crude form. An attempt to present an executive summary has been posted to a specialized blog.

● The SISATA proposition document, disclosing a unique approach to DNSSEC deployment challenges.

(SISATA: Stable Island of Security Agency for Trust Announcements.)

● TAKREM, Trust Anchor Key REnewal Method, with application to DNS security.

An FAQ document is also available.

Software tools are available (GPL'ed free software). This includes a complete solution for DNS zone management procedures (i.e. trust anchor key management and DNS authoritative nameserver operations), and an API for TAKREM support in DNSSEC-aware resolver software. The software development planning aspects are covered in two documents, respectively for the server side and the client side.

Three Internet drafts: draft-moreau-dnsext-tak-req, draft-moreau-dnsext-sdda-rr, and draft-moreau-dnsext-takrem-dns.

A document about DNSSEC performance impact: "A Short Note about DNSSEC Impact on Root Server Answer Sizes".

● SAKEM, Secret Authentication Key Establishment Method

● Other Cryptography and Information Security Documents

Embedded Systems Development, Microprocessor Systems

● Microprocessor Development Toolkit, Powerful 32 Bits Processor

● Major components from this kit:

• PPCMB/850, a Motorola MPC850 Single-Board Computer

• The ABCDProto-Kernel™

• GNU GCC Cross-compiler for the PowerPC, Motorola MPC8xx Processor Family

● Documents about Free Software Licensing

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