[dns-operations] KINDS survey for operators

[Phil Regnauld]

Hello everyone,

I believe most of the people on this list have heard of ICANN's KINDNS
initiative (www.kindns.org). For those of you who haven't, here's the chance :)

KINDNS was launched last September, and nearly 1 year on, we (Raffaele Sommese
of U. Twente and myself) thought it'd be interesting to try and assess uptake
of KINDNS by operators. We'd also like to figure out what, if any, challenges
were encountered in the process. Even if you've already done the right things
as part of your usual engineering practices, and it was just a matter of
checking the right boxes, we'd like to hear from you, too!

We've put together a Google Form here: https://forms.gle/nuE4GSEY5i8YgqAo7

We'd appreciate it if you could spare 10-15 minutes of your time to go
through this. The plan is to present the results in a talk at the upcoming
IDS (ICANN DNS Symposium) taking place in Da Nang, Vietnam, on September 5th.

https://www.icann.org/ids

We'll close the survey on the 31st of August - but the earlier we get
responses, the more interesting the data will be.

Below is the abstract for the proposed talk (to be confirmed).

At any rate, we'll be posting results here, too.


"KINDNS is an ICANN initiative aimed at promoting voluntary operational
 and security best current practices (BCPs) for authoritative and
 recursive DNS operators. By compiling a comprehensive collection of BCPs
 through community consultation and wide acceptance as beneficial for DNS
 infrastructure operations, KINDNS seeks to establish a more robust and
 reliable foundation for the global DNS ecosystem.

 The extent to which operators actually integrate these BCPs into their
 practices, and the effectiveness of such integration in enhancing the
 overall resilience of the DNS infrastructure, remain subjects of ongoing
 discussion. Presently, KINDNS relies on operators' self-registration and
 self-assessment.

 In this presentation, our focus is to explore the metrics and
 measurements that can be employed to gauge the adoption and impact of
 KINDNS's best practices on the stability and the security of the DNS
 ecosystem. Additionally, we aim to outline the challenges inherent in
 evaluating the impact of practices that may not be directly quantifiable
 from an outsider perspective but can have a significant impact on DNS
 operations."

Thanks!

Phil & Raffaele