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Subject: [itar-announce] End of Life Notice for ITAR
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:18:55 -0700
From: Kim Davies
To: itar-announce(a)icann.org
Dear colleagues,
The Interim Trust Anchor Repository is now being retired from service.
Starting
today, no new listings will be accepted by the service. Later this month,
existing listings will be removed; with the entire service turned off
early next
year.
*** If you are using the ITAR service, please discontinue using it as
soon ***
*** as possible. We recommend you transition to using the signed DNS
root ***
*** zone.
***
Since the beginning of 2009, ICANN has operated a service known as the
Interim
Trust Anchor Repository (ITAR). This allowed top-level domain operators
who use
DNSSEC to publish their trust anchor in absence of a signed DNS root
zone. On
15 July 2010, the DNS root zone was signed, and in the following months TLD
operators have transitioned to using it. With the last remaining TLDs
transitioning to the signed root zone, the ITAR is no longer required.
The service was a successful bottom-up collaboration with the Internet
community.
ICANN was asked to operate the service to help DNSSEC adoption during
its initial
phases. During its lifetime, the ITAR supported over a hundred listing
requests
for dozens of top-level domains that were early adopters of DNSSEC. The
operational experience ICANN gained in operating ITAR also helped inform the
roll-out of the signed DNS root zone.
The expected date for existing listings to be removed is 18 November
2010, with
the service fully retired in January 2011. These dates are subject to
adjustment
based on operational requirements or community feedback.
With kindest regards,
Kim Davies
Manager, Root Zone Services
ICANN
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