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2010-08-23
Netnod Meeting in Stockholm on the 23rd-24th of September.

To find out about the venue, agenda and who is attending the meeting, read more here.

2010-08-23
The fifth Europeean Peering Forum in Cannes

20th-22nd of September 2010, AMS-IX, DE-CIX, LINX and Netnod will be hosting the fifth European Peering Forum (EPF.) The event will be held in Cannes, France.

The event will be held over three days, welcoming up to 250 peering managers and coordinators from the host Internet Exchanges.

To register and to find out more about the next Peering Forum go to the offical website of the event:

http://www.peering-forum.eu/

The Netnod Team

2010-08-02
EURid and Netnod sign anycast agreement. Brussels and Stockholm, 1 August 2010 - EURid (the European Registry of Internet Domain Names) and Netnod have signed an agreement for Domain Name System (DNS) anycasting of the .eu top-level domain (TLD).

Anycast is an Internet routing methodology that enables an online service to be available from many different locations around the world, using the same IP address. This agreement between EURid and Netnod significantly strengthens the robustness and resilience of the .eu nameserver infrastructure and brings the domain name service closer to the end-user, thereby shortening domain resolution response times. One of the benefits for the end-user is overall improvement in web and mail performance.

"We are delighted to be working together with such a reputable organisation as Netnod", said Marc Van Wesemael, General Manager of EURid. "It is one of the most trusted names in DNS with extensive experience in anycasting and DNS operations". He continued: "Anycast is today an established method of improving resilience and redundancy of the DNS. EURid has more than three million domain names, available in 27 different countries. It is a natural choice for us to use anycast to ensure stable and robust operations. Netnod was an obvious organisation to partner up with as it was a key criterion for EURid to choose an operator that fully supports DNSSEC."

The agreement starts on 1 August 2010, which means that the improved .eu TLD service is now available from more than 35 additional locations around the world.

"We are proud to be serving the .eu domain, one of the largest TLDs in the world", said Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO of Netnod. "EURid is a well known TLD which has shown an impressive growth since its inception. As a long-time advocator of DNSSEC, Netnod is particularly pleased to be working with EURid as it is one of the first TLDs in world who have signed their zone. This is a very positive step forward. We look forward to a good partnership with EURid in years to come!"

Netnod and its subsidiary Autonomica are not-for-profit organisations, which provide critical common services for the Internet.

EURid is the not-for-profit organisation appointed by the European Commission to operate the .eu top-level domain.

2010-07-15
Signing of the Root Zone - a historic achievement. A major milestone was today reached in the history of the Internet, with the DNS root zone being signed for the first time. The Root DNSSEC Design Team announced today that the first fully validatable production signed root zone was published and began rolling out to the root servers at 2050 UTC.

Netnod would like to congratulate all parties involved for historic achievement. We believe that we now will see more and more DNSSEC signed Top Level Domains (TLDs), resulting in a securer and more robust DNS.

Netnod, has been actively involved with the development of DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) from the early beginnings and a strong supporter of a signed DNS root zone. As the operator of one of the world's 13 root name servers (i.root-servers.net), Netnod has worked together with partners in preparation of today's global roll-out of the DNS root-zone.

Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO of Netnod says: "Today is a historic day in the history of the Internet. The deployment of a signed, fully validatable production signed root zone is a major milestone in securing the DNS. We at Netnod have been a strong advocator of a signed root zone for many years, so to see the achievement realised today is momentous."

DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) adds security to the Domain Name System by providing protection against attacks such as DNS spoofing.

For more information about DNSSEC, please refer to: http://www.dnssec.net/

2010-06-24
Netnod / Autonomica responds to NTIA's intent to proceed with DNSSEC in the root.

Netnod / Autonomica has submitted a response to NTIA's Public Notice: "Intent to Proceed with the Final Stages of Domain Name System Security Extensions Implementation in the Authoritative Root Zone", expressing our support to proceed with the full deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone.

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Dear Ms. Alexander

Autonomica AB operates one of Internet's 13 public root name servers for the DNS. As such we have wholeheartedly participated in the deployment and testing of DNSSEC in the root zone, orchestrated by ICANN and Verisign. We have read the "Final Report on DNSSEC Deployment Testing and Evaluation in the Root Zone" jointly published by ICANN and Verisign, and in all parts where we have first hand knowledge, we find it to be a fair and accurate description of the situation. We have no reason to believe that the parts where we do not have first hand knowledge are less fair or less accurate.

We concur with the notion that no harmful effects have been observed, and we share ICANN's and Verisign's view that none of the minor details in the testing plan that failed to meet with full success pose concern for further deployment.

Our counclusions are fully in line with those of the NTIA, and we warmly support its decision to proceed with full deployment of DNSSEC in the root zone.

Finally we would like to commend the DoC, and especially the NTIA, in its outstanding efforts to make this happen. We also acknowledge the equally outstanding efforts by ICANN and Verisign, and many other involved parties, and we believe the Internet community as a whole will benefit greatly from this.

Best regards,
Autonomica AB

Kurt Erik Lindqvist, CEO

2010-06-17
IPv6 Addresses in the root zone for i.root-servers.net. On 17 June 2010, an AAAA record was added in the root zone for i.root-servers.net. i.root-servers.net thereby joins the group of root name servers reachable using the next generation Internet protocol - IPv6. In the past weeks, necessary software reconfigurations have been carried out to enable i.root-servers.net to provide full DNS service at IPv6 address [2001:7fe::53].

In addition to steps already taken by Netnod to support International Domain Names (IDN - using non-Latin characters), and to provide Secure DNS (DNSSEC) service, this demonstrates Netnod's continued commitment to the development and strengthening of the DNS root server system. Netnod works closely together with other organisations and the Internet community at large to ensure a stable and predictable DNS experience for Internet users.

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