On 25 Mar 2020, at 16:49, Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:

Alain:

Are you aware of any evidence of a problem that a disaster recovery plan would have prevented?

Hmmmmmm.

The Covid-19  pandemic  put some uncertainty  on the normal proceedings of upcoming  root KSK ceremony 41* and  other ceremonies to follow.

although the DPS, section 4.5.4 **  has defined   "Business Continuity and IT Disaster Recovery's Capabilities “ and referred to plans already in place,  we’ve  seen some consultations*** and discussions about how to proceed.  Vary scenarios were discussed. 

I asked if  these consultations and discussions were part of the BC/DR plans, but got no response back. I do see a problem, but can’t say there is no plans  or that a  plan as discussed in recommendation 8.3  would have prevented something.

HTH

—Alain

(*)https://www.iana.org/dnssec/ceremonies/41
(**) https://www.iana.org/dnssec/dps/ksk-operator/ksk-dps.txt 

Section 4.5.4
[….]
The RZ KSK Operator has developed, implemented and tested a business
   continuity and IT disaster recovery plan to mitigate the effects of
   natural, man-made, or technological disasters or other disasters that
   requires temporary or permanent cessation of operations from any of
   the RZ KSK Operator's facilities.  The business continuity and IT
   disaster recovery plans are in place to address the restoration of
   information systems services and key business functions.  These plans
   address:
[…..]

(***) https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/root-dnssec-announce/2020/000126.html








Russ


On Mar 25, 2020, at 12:43 PM, ALAIN AINA <aalain@trstech.net> wrote:

Russ,

On 25 Mar 2020, at 14:31, Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:

Alain:

On the call today, there was a discussion of Recommendation 8.3.  The question raised is: "Is there any evidence this has ever been a problem?"  Can you point to one?

I don’t understand the questions. Can i have a little bit of background ?


Thanks

—Alain

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8.3.          For Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) operations (IANA functions, including all relevant systems that contribute to the Security and Stability of the DNS and also Root Zone Management), ICANN org should develop a shared approach to service continuity in close cooperation with the Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) and the root server operators.

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Russ