[dns-operations] .AERO: last unsigned non-IDNA gTLD

[Chris Thompson]

On Jun 12 2018, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:

>Glancing at TLD data I noticed that .AERO is the last
>unsigned non-IDNA gTLD.  A Network World article in
>2010 suggested that .AERO was to be among the first
>TLDs to be signed:
>
>   https://www.networkworld.com/article/2216910/lan-wan/registry-operator-afilias-embraces-dns-security.html
>
>  Next, Afilias will roll out DNSSEC for the following domains
>  before the end of the year: Mongolia's .mn; Seychelles' .sc;
>  Honduras' .hn; Belize's .bz ; Antigua and Barbuda's .ag;
>  St. Lucia's .lc ; St. Vincent and the Grenadines' .vc ;
>  Gibralter's .gi; and Montenegro's .me. Afilias also will
>  support DNSSEC for .aero, a Web site name extension restricted
>  to the aviation industry.
>
>Sadly, that did not come to pass for either .AERO or .VC.

.VC appears to have valid and maintained DNSKEY and RRSIG records, and
just be missing the necessary DS record in the root zone.

.AERO is entirely unsigned, though.

-- 
Chris Thompson
Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk