Chris,
Do we have any clearer idea about mechanisms and timescales yet? I've been perusing the RIPE-60 presentations at http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-60/archives.php?day=thursday
without finding anything relevant as yet.
Jim asked Anand during the working group session. I think the relevant bit of the stenographer's transcript is this:
JIM REID: Anand, very interested to hear what is happening with reverse zone signing for ERX space and I realise it's complicated because it involves other interactions with RIRs specifically ARIN. Can you expand on information you gave. You say there is a project underway, you are discussing things with the other RIRs, have you a rough feel or a gut feel as to when that may be ready and if there is a possibility for members say of this organisation to participate in trials with a new system which will dealing with signing for reverse zones in ERX space?
ANAND BUDDHDEV: These discussions are happening at the RIR level and I don't have an exact time frame for when these discussions will be concluded, but I am hoping that by the next RIPE meeting, we may have something to tell you, but I think Andrei is coming up and he might have something to add to this.
JIM REID: If it must be like DNSSEC and it will be done within six months?
AUDIENCE SPEAKER: An dry, this is being discussed and that requires some changes in our provisioning system, from user experience point of view I don't think at least for the RIPE region users, it shouldn't have any changes. With regards to time?line, as I replied to the mailing list, maybe midyear we will have more accurate plans on the roll I couldn't tell of this service and how we tackle this address space. And that also goes in line that other areas are deploying DNSSEC, they are at different stages of the deployment and that also somehow determines the urgency of this activity.
Rob