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From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org To: ietf-announce@ietf.org, rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org Cc: drafts-update-ref@iana.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org Subject: RFC 7958 on DNSSEC Trust Anchor Publication for the Root Zone Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:38:56 -0700 (PDT)

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RFC 7958

Title: DNSSEC Trust Anchor Publication for the Root Zone Author: J. Abley, J. Schlyter, G. Bailey, P. Hoffman Status: Informational Stream: Independent Date: August 2016 Mailbox: jabley@dyn.com, jakob@kirei.se, guillaumebailey@outlook.com, paul.hoffman@icann.org Pages: 14 Characters: 26072 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None

I-D Tag: draft-jabley-dnssec-trust-anchor-16.txt

URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7958

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7958

The root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) has been cryptographically signed using DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC).

In order to obtain secure answers from the root zone of the DNS using DNSSEC, a client must configure a suitable trust anchor. This document describes the format and publication mechanisms IANA has used to distribute the DNSSEC trust anchors.

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