<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Mr. Mitchell - </div><div> </div><div> While perhaps not the ideal place, asking the PPML mailing list certainly works.</div><div><br></div><div> The topic has not been discussed at before the ARIN membership, but the ARIN </div><div> Board has discussed this topic and has directed staff to make those preparations </div><div> necessary for signing those reverse zones contained in-addr records for space </div><div> under ARIN's administration. Note that the actual effectiveness in security that</div><div> results is rather limited until both .arpa and the DNS root zone are also signed.</div><div><br></div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>John Curran</div><div>Chairman</div><div>ARIN Board of Trustees</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Sep 3, 2008, at 11:01 AM, <a href="mailto:Stu_Mitchell@ios.doi.gov">Stu_Mitchell@ios.doi.gov</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Hello,</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Pardon me, if this isn't the right place to ask....</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">OMB issued OMB memo 08-23, which requires federal agencies to deploy DNSSEC to the second level domains under "dot gov" by December 2009. I was wondering about the reverse records. Are there plans to sign the reverse domains?</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks</font> <br> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Stu Mitchell</font> <br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dept. of the Interior</font></blockquote></div></body></html>