1.     Media publications

As of this writing, 152 news stories about the KSK rollover, from all global regions, have been published. Some recent examples include:

·       ICANN CTO: no reason to delay KSK rollover (English, Domain Incite, USA) - August 2018

·       ICANN Issues Guide on What to Expect During Root KSK Rollover (English, Washington Internet Daily, USA) - August 2018

·       Global Internet Service Providers Should Be Ready: ICANN will complete key rotation (English, Economic Daily, China) - August 2018

2.     Other communications efforts

Eleven blogs/announcements were published, since May 2016, relating to the root KSK rollover and each was accompanied by social media pushes.

22 August 2018 - ICANN Publishes Comprehensive Guide on What to Expect During the Root KSK Rollover

18 July 2018- Minimal User Impact Expected From Root Zone Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover

1 February 2018 – Announcing Draft Plan For Continuing With The KSK Roll

18 December 2017 – Update on the Root KSK Rollover Project

4 October 2017 -  The Story Behind ICANN’s Decision to Delay the KSK Rollover

7 September 2017 – Attention Network Operators and ISPs: Determine your readiness for the Root Zone KSK Rollover!

12 July 2017 – A “Key” Milestone in Protecting the DNS

13 March 2017 – ICANN Launches Testing Platform for the KSK Rollover

27 October 2016 – KSK Rollover Operations Begin

22 July 2016 – DNSSEC: Rolling the Root Zone Key Signing Key

9 May 2016 – Changing the Keys to the Domain Name System (DNS) Root

●      In August 2018, ICANN org published a Guide on what to expect during the root KSK rollover. This guide has been translated into all UN languages and Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean. Also in August 2018, a social media paid campaign was launch into all UN languages, pointing to the Guide “What To Expect During the Root KSK Rollover”. You can see the message shared in English here. Additionally, a banner was placed in the homepage of icann.org pointing to that Guide.

●      In May 2018, the regional GSE teams sent a letter on behalf of David Conrad to Internet Exchange Points (IXP) administrators around the world.  The letter was translated and is available here on weCANN (ICANN’s internal web site). 

●      In October 2017, a  letter to all regulators and GAC representatives (that were contacted in June 2017 -see below) was sent to announce the postponement of the root KSK rollover. A letter was sent (via IANA functions) to contacts for all Top-Level Domains informing them of the KSK rollover activity, requesting help in spreading the message, emphasizing that the activity does not impact their authoritative DNS services. Göran Marby sent a letter to telecommunications regulators in over 150 countries notifying them of the root KSK roll and asking them to contact network operators in their countries.

●      In April 2018, icann.org’s dedicated resource page was updated in 9 languages for the new phase of the key roll along with the updated resource “Quick Guide: Prepare Your Systems for the Root KSK Rollover”.

●      Numerous pieces about the key roll were published in ICANN’s regional and meetings newsletters.

●      A deck was provided for external engagement efforts on the root KSK rollover (available in all UN languages and Portuguese on WeCANN).

3. Public Presentations

Since September 2016, the Global Stakeholder Engagement (GSE) and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) have been involved in 104 engagements that dealt with the KSK roll. Examples of presentations held in 2018 include: