Why attend ?

Take back control of your DNS instead of outsourcing it to a third party
Decentralise the DNS Resolution - DNS Resolver centrality outlines the dependency on Open resolvers/Quad DNS providers
Majority of DNS queries sent to the root server system are junk queries. By running a local copy of the root zone (rfc8806), junk queries from your system/network to the upstream root servers are eliminated

Agenda -

Fundamentals of DNS
Shift of the recursive resolvers
DNS Resolver Centrality stats
Configure a recursive resolver on your system with QNAME minimisation, local copy of the root zone etc
Configure a recursive resolver for the entire network
Best practices

Who should attend?

Anyone running a network - In today’s world, everyone is running a network at home!
Anyone who cares about the decentralising the Internet
Anyone who is interested in DNS
Engineers, programmers, system administrators
All are welcome :-)

Speaker bio

Swapneel is network engineer & researcher working on DNS, DNSSEC, BGP, Unix systems and security. As a technical trainer, he regularly conducts workshops on DNS, DNSSEC, Routing, Unix etc. He is also an APNIC Community Trainer & a RIPE Atlas Ambassador.

In the recent past, he has delivered talks,

UKNOF Virtual July 2020 - Hyperlocal root & Localroot - Running a local copy of the DNS root zone
https://indico.uknof.org.uk/event/51/contributions/speakers

APNIC NFH June 2020 - Hyperlocal root & Localroot - Running a local copy of the DNS root zone
https://nfh.apnic.net/events/sea/#/day/1

null meetups May, June, July 2020 (Bhopal, Mumbai, Bangalore) - Using DNS as a layer of defense
https://null.community/profile/19522-swapneel-patnekar

He is also the Managing Director of Shreshta IT Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a company based out of Belgaum, building & securing networks of micro, small & medium enterprises & network operators in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

Running a recursive DNS resolver on your system or in the network