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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">This might be of interest to some to comment on.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Fahd Batayneh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">ICANN<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Friday, February 2, 2018 at 2:47 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>ICANN News Alert -- Plan to Restart the Root Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover Process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=pupFLo7lEhjgI3LeppHO0KYQfEvT2nFjti7pm8uFqPU&s=8_5G4HvgtRKCDnU5J-8Ma1C-UH3btqzYY01wDZWDaZE&e="><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="80" height="80" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/icann-primary-logo-94x94-en.png" alt="ANN"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>News Alert<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2018-2D02-2D01-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=pupFLo7lEhjgI3LeppHO0KYQfEvT2nFjti7pm8uFqPU&s=pDjdUjsQ91ENDuk3b6HewRzvkQ2QiE97Csc0TszxLMQ&e=">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-01-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Plan to Restart the Root Key Signing Key (KSK) Rollover Process<o:p></o:p></h2>
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1 February 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2 April 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ICANN seeks community review of a plan to roll the root KSK for the Domain Name System (DNS) on 11 October 2018, including further study and publicizing of the upcoming rollover.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__icann.org_public-2Dcomments_ksk-2Drollover-2Drestart-2D2018-2D02-2D01-2Den&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=pupFLo7lEhjgI3LeppHO0KYQfEvT2nFjti7pm8uFqPU&s=ufeGQKnhgi2I_1oTE1MeiwovjjShgJ96hxay3yA_0Is&e=">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ksk-rollover-restart-2018-02-01-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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