ICANN DNS Workshop

Domain Name System "DNS" is one of the core services in the Internet, it translates domain names to IP addresses. This is a 3-days, online theoretical workshop in collaboration with ICANN . You’ll get a comprehensive overview of DNS operations, abuse and security. 

 Objectives 

 By the end of the workshop, attendees will know what is DNS? how it works? how to prevent DNS abuse and how to secure it? 

 Workshop Level 

 Beginner Level 

 Prerequisites 

 

 Good understanding of network basics (IP networking) 

 

 Date & Time 

 

 Day 1 : DNS Operations: 16 February 2021, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (KRT Time) 

 Day 2 : DNS Abuse: 17 February 2021, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (KRT Time) 

 Day 3 : DNSSEC: 18 February 2021, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (KRT Time) 

 

 Trainers 

 This online workshop will be delivered by 

 

 Paul Muchene 

 Yazid Akanho 

 

 Agenda 

 Day 1: DNS Operations 

 

 What is DNS? 

 Some common DNS records 

 DNS resolution process 

 Caching 

 Some best practices 

 

 Day 2: DNS Abuse 

 

 What is abuse of DNS? 

 Categories of DNS abuse 

 Solutions overview 

 Recommendations 

 

 Day 3: DNSSEC 

 

 Why DNSSEC ? 

 What does DNSSEC protect and what doesn’t it protect? 

 DNSSEC deployment status around the world and in the region. 

 Who can implement DNSSEC? 

 Overview of DNSSEC concepts and new resource records. 

 

 Offline Materials 

 

 DNS Operation 

 DNSSEC 

 DNS Abuse