On 13th February, Acreo had the pleasure to present Olaf Kolkman, a profile from Internet operations and standardization. He is the manager of NLnet Labs, active in the IETF, a co-author of several RFCs, and the chair of Internet Architecture Board.
Presentation to download: DNS Musings.
Olaf provided an overview of DNS and what the engine is capable of, from the basics of DNS to the hot topics of today. Is the Internet reliable enough?
The first part of the seminar was structured around
The second part contained many questions from the audience and animated discussions about several DNS related topics such as
- The role of various organizations
- New domain names are coming now
- The role of the root?
Olaf Kolkman is Chief executive for NLnet Labs, an R&D foundation that concentrates on the development of Open Source and Open Standards and is a center of DNS and DNSSEC expertise. He is an IAB member since March 2006 and the IAB chair since March 2007. He has been active in the DNS community since year 2000 for instance as co-chair of the DNSEXT working group.