I'm sorry for the length of this message but we're a bit tardy in
getting this started so I wanted to include a complete proposal for
discussion.
There are actually 3 related meetings to consider. We have the summit
on Monday morning, a press event on Monday afternoon, and a workshop on
Wednesday afternoon. We also need to keep in mind that we'd like to
replicate this format around Asia, i.e., ideally this event is a
kick-off of events to come.
Edmon proposed the following high-level description of two of the
events.
1. DNSSEC.Asia Summit -- high-level conference style discussion. Vint
Cerf has already agreed to be present. 9:30am-12pm.
2. DNSSEC.Asia Workshop -- designed for ISP and hosting provider
engineers. 2-5pm, classroom setting, 25 or 50 people.
Somewhere during these events we should include a real-time
demonstration of how DNSSEC can prevent a hijack of access to a web
site. Edmon had proposed the press event. I think we should plan to
do this at both the press event and the workshop.
With that as background, let me quickly offer a few suggestions for the
workshop and the press event and then focus on the summit.
I suggest the workshop have a "how to" theme. I think there are 3-5
bullets of essential functionality that several different kinds of
players must deploy for the full benefit of DNSSEC to be realized by
everyone. So, in addition to ISPs and hosting providers, I think we
should include registrars and a few significant organizations that we
want to be the first to sign their domains. (How about the Friends and
Family participants?) Someone should also speak on behalf of the .ASIA
registry. We start this meeting with a real-time demo of a hijack
primarily for the effect. There are several folks who could probably
be engaged to make this meeting happen, individually or collectively:
Russ Mundy, Simon McCalla, and Markus Travaille.
My only comment about the press event is to include the real-time demo
of the hijack. I think this will help to crystallize in their minds
the importance of DNSSEC. We need to make sure the demo is not
technically focused. We have to ensure it is focuses on the user
experience from the user perspective. I would expect that Edmon will
take responsibility for organizing the press event.
Moving on to the summit, I like Edmon's suggestion for a conference
style discussion and I would propose the following format.
We setup a number of panelists and use the following format:
60-90 minutes of presentation/position statements
30 minute break
60-90 minutes of questions and answers
Since we have Vint I would suggest that we ask if he would be willing
to moderate the discussion. He can start with a "keynote" and then
progress through each of the panelists. During the break we can have
people submit questions on paper, which Vint can then use to keep the
rest of the discussion going. We can continue to take questions during
the discussion, on paper.
With that as a format we need a theme in order to choose panelists. I
suggest that the intended audience be decision makers, from managers up
through executives. The technical folks are welcome but they should be
directed to the workshop on Wednesday.
I suggest two related themes: some lessons learned in the form of why I
did it and what it took to get it done, and a look at the future of the
value I expect to get from it.
For panelists I suggest we reach out to the friends and family
participants in .ASIA, plus any other significant organization we can
find that is planning to do something soon, if not already. Of course,
.ASIA, Afilias, and .ORG/PIR could be invited to speak also.
That should be enough to get us started. Comments and suggestions are
welcome!
Thanks,
Jim
