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| − | '''TCR''' or '''Trusted Community Representative''' is a term given by [[ICANN]] to those who hold the keys to [[DNSSEC]] of Internet. Every TCR has been given a part of the master key. The first key signing ceremony took place on 16th June 2010. [[ICANN]] has taken this decision to avoid any terrorist attack or any other catastrophic event on the Internet. If it ever happened, the TCRs will meet at one place, generate a master key and will reboot the [[DNS]]. They are | + | '''TCR''' or '''Trusted Community Representative''' is a term given by [[ICANN]] to those who hold the keys to [[DNSSEC]] of Internet. Every TCR has been given a part of the master key. The first key signing ceremony took place on 16th June 2010. [[ICANN]] has taken this decision to avoid any terrorist attack or any other catastrophic event on the Internet. If it ever happened, the TCRs will meet at one place, generate a master key and will reboot the [[DNS]]. They are not rebooting the entire Internet, as many news outlets have stated, but rather rebooting the DNSSEC protocols, implemented in 2010, that protect the DNS.<ref>[http://www.technewsdaily.com/845-internet-key-holders-are-insurance-against-cyber-attack.html Internet Keyholders are Insurance against Cyber-Attack, TechNewsDaily.com]</ref> There are twenty-one TCRs selected by [[ICANN]] around the globe.<ref>[http://www.root-dnssec.org/tcr/ Root-DNSSEC]</ref><ref>[http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/briton-holds-key-to-rebooting-the-internet-8670 eWeekEurope]</ref> |
==Current TCRs== | ==Current TCRs== | ||
===Main TCRs=== | ===Main TCRs=== | ||
| − | + | There are seven main recovery key share holders, five of them are needed to meet in a secure location in the US should the DNS falter.<ref>[http://www.technewsdaily.com/845-internet-key-holders-are-insurance-against-cyber-attack.html Internet Keyholders Insurance Against Cyber-Attack, TechNewsDaily.com]</ref> The seven main representatives are:<ref>[https://www.dnssec-deployment.org/index.php/2010/06/icann-names-trusted-community-representatives/ DNSSEC-Deployment]</ref> | |
* [[Bevil Wooding]], Trinidad Tobago | * [[Bevil Wooding]], Trinidad Tobago | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 24 November 2011
TCR or Trusted Community Representative is a term given by ICANN to those who hold the keys to DNSSEC of Internet. Every TCR has been given a part of the master key. The first key signing ceremony took place on 16th June 2010. ICANN has taken this decision to avoid any terrorist attack or any other catastrophic event on the Internet. If it ever happened, the TCRs will meet at one place, generate a master key and will reboot the DNS. They are not rebooting the entire Internet, as many news outlets have stated, but rather rebooting the DNSSEC protocols, implemented in 2010, that protect the DNS.[1] There are twenty-one TCRs selected by ICANN around the globe.[2][3]
Current TCRs
Main TCRs
There are seven main recovery key share holders, five of them are needed to meet in a secure location in the US should the DNS falter.[4] The seven main representatives are:[5]
- Bevil Wooding, Trinidad Tobago
- Dan Kaminsky, USA
- Jiankang Yao, China
- Moussa Guebre, Burkina Faso
- Norm Ritchie, Canada
- Ondřej Surý, Czech Republic
- Paul Kane, UK
Crypto Officers for the US East Coast Facility
ICANN selected backup members as well. They are:
- Alain Aina, BJ
- Anne-Marie Eklund Löwinder, SE
- Federico Neves, BR
- Gaurab Upadhaya, NP
- Olaf Kolkman, NL
- Robert Seastrom, US
- Vinton Cerf, US
Crypto Officers for the US West Coast Facility
- Andy Linton, NZ
- Carlos Martinez, UY
- Dmitry Burkov, RU
- Edward Lewis, US
- João Luis Silva Damas, PT
- Masato Minda, JP
- Subramanian Moonesamy, MU
Backup Crypto Officers
- Christopher Griffiths, US
- Fabian Arbogast, TZ
- John Curran, US
- Nicolas Antoniello, UY
- Rudolph Daniel, UK
- Sarmad Hussain, PK
- Ólafur Guðmundsson, IS
- David Lawrence, US
- Dileepa Lathsara, LK
- Jorge Etges, BR
- Kristian Ørmen, DK
- Ralf Weber, DE
- Warren Kumari, US