Root KSK Ceremony 51

This ceremony has been completed.

Location Root Zone Key Management Facility East
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Ceremony Start 2023-11-30 18:00:00 UTC
Thursday 30 November 2023, 1 p.m. (local time at facility)
Objectives Sign the ZSK for 2024Q1
Replace Cryptographic Officer 5 (East)
Introduce Hardware Security Modules 7E & 8E

Rewatch the ceremony

This is an archive of the live online broadcast provided during the ceremony. Formal audit footage and other materials from the ceremony are posted separately below.

Agenda

This timeline is a rough guide only. We endeavour to adhere to the advertised start time, but the length of ceremonies varies. Note that the following day is held as a backup date in case the ceremony can not be conducted as scheduled.

Time (UTC) Time (Ceremony) Agenda
16:30 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Check-in and lunch for in-person attendees
18:00 1 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ceremony
21:45 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Debrief with in-person attendees

Ceremony Materials

File Description
AC51_Annotated_Script.pdf (6.6 MB) Annotated Administrative Ceremony Script
AC51_CAM01.mp4 (341.2 MB) Administrative Ceremony Audit Camera #1 Footage
AC51_CAM02.mp4 (341.0 MB) Administrative Ceremony Audit Camera #2 Footage
AC51_CAM03.mp4 (352.7 MB) Administrative Ceremony Audit Camera #3 Footage
AT51_Annotated_Script.pdf (18.4 MB) Annotated Administrative Ceremony HSM Acceptance Testing Script
AT51_CAM01.mp4 (622.9 MB) Administrative Ceremony HSM Acceptance Testing Audit Camera #1 Footage
AT51_CAM02.mp4 (649.9 MB) Administrative Ceremony HSM Acceptance Testing Audit Camera #2 Footage
AT51_CAM03.mp4 (593.1 MB) Administrative Ceremony HSM Acceptance Testing Audit Camera #3 Footage
KC51_Annotated_Script.pdf (14.4 MB) Annotated Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
KC51_CAM01.mp4 (1.7 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #1 Footage
KC51_CAM02.mp4 (1.8 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #2 Footage
KC51_CAM03.mp4 (1.9 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #3 Footage
KC51_Script.pdf (1.8 MB) Proposed Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
coen-1.0.0-amd64.iso (358.0 MB) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-1.0.0
coen-1.0.0-amd64.iso.sha256 (87 bytes) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-1.0.0 SHA-256 Hash
kskm-ksrsigner-20231130-192047-894.log (10.8 KB) Key Signing Log (2024Q1 ZSK) from HSM5E
kskm-ksrsigner-20231130-201730-997.log (10.8 KB) Key Signing Log (2024Q1 ZSK) from HSM7E
kskm-ksrsigner-20231130-204716-1058.log (10.8 KB) Key Signing Log (2024Q1 ZSK) from HSM8E
script-20231130.log (64.1 KB) Signing Computer Audit Log
ttyaudit-ttyUSB0-20231130-190131.log (92.6 KB) HSM5E, HSM7E, and HSM8E Audit Log