Dear colleagues,
It might still seem far away, but RIPE 91 in Bucharest is approaching.
The RIPE 91 meeting will be held from 20th to 24th October 2025. Our working group meeting is currently scheduled for 23rd October at 11:00 am, but note that this may still change.
This e-mail is our first official call for topics for the DNS working group session. From RIPE 91 onwards, all plenary and working group proposals can be submitted through the same system, Pretalx. Please submit your proposals by 15 September 2025 using the following link: https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/call-for-presentations/
Please pay special attention to the following fields:
• Talk type: This field is not relevant to us. Select any option you like. Instead, make sure that you fill in the time you would need for your presentation including Q&A in the "Duration" field.
• Track: Make sure that you select DNS
• Duration: See "Talk type" above
You can find more information on the Pretalx system here: https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/how-to-submit-a-talk/
As usual, both in-person and remote participation in the working group is possible.
We plan to send out a first round of notifications beginning of September.
Cheers,
Moritz on behalf of the RIPE DNS Working Group co-chairs (Willem, Yevheniya and me)
This workshop will be a hybrid event.
Date - 7-8 October 2025
Location - Stockholm, Sweden
Time - Approx 10:00 CEST (08:00 UTC) - 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC)
Adjacent to Netnod Tech Meeting 2025 (9 October 2025)
(https://www.netnod.se/netnod-tech-meeting-2025)
Deadline for Submissions - 2025-07-29 23:59 UTC
https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/55/abstracts/
All DNS-related subjects and discussion topics are welcome although
we're particularly keen to hear more about operational and security
related experiences, best practices and practical advice; both for
newcomers to the DNS arena and those who have been around for longer who
want to learn more about new features and opportunities to improve
resilience, security and privacy. (These topics we think will complement
the usual high-quality data-based research submissions we always hope to
receive!)
If you have something interesting to share with the community that lies
outside of the focus above, please don't be put off - if it's good,
we'll be happy to include it.
If you'd like to offer a talk, but are not quite sure what to pick,
here's a non-exhaustive list of ideas:
1. *Operations & Deployment*
* Configuration management, deployment processes, and
interoperability experiences.
* Tools, tips, and making effective use of DNS software features.
2. *Performance, Resilience & Scaling*
* Provisioning, load-balancing, and planning for resilience.
* DNS performance management, efficiency improvements, and metrics.
* Monitoring infrastructure: log pipelines, analytics, and anomaly
detection.
3. *Security, Privacy & Policy*
1. DoS attacks, DNS abuse, DNSSEC signing and validation.
2. Privacy considerations, for example: encrypted transport, qname
minimization, data anonymization.
3. Relevant global and regional policies, legislation, and compliance.
4. *Research & Innovation*
1. Data-driven testing, measurement, and analysis.
2. New protocols, protocol extensions, and next-generation
namespace management.
5. *Lessons & Learnings*
1. Outage experiences, recovery stories, and cautionary tales
For further details please see https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc45
Willem Toorop, for the DNS-OARC Programme Committee
