OPENING CEREMONY
29 March 2022
FORUM
30 March - 1 April 2022
About APAC DNS Forum 2022
The Asia Pacific Domain Name System Forum (APAC DNS Forum) seeks to gather regional DNS industry experts and members of the wider community to discuss the latest developments, opportunities, and challenges in the domain name marketplace.
With the theme “Beyond Technology: The Revolution of DNS,” this inaugural APAC DNS Forum 2022 (co-hosted by MYNIC and ICANN) will feature a multitude of topics discussing the role of the DNS from multiple perspectives. In addition to the technical topics such as DNS security, the session topics will also range from industry trends and business opportunities such as spurring online business growth and digital brand protection to broader topics like the potential impacts of regulatory, policy, and technological developments on the DNS industry.
In line with the theme, the APAC DNS Forum also aims to serve as a platform for participants to network, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration opportunities.
The APAC DNS Forum 2022 will take place virtually from 30 March to 1 April 2022. An opening ceremony will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 29 March 2022. In the lead-up to the Forum, six webinars discussing a variety of topics were held from September 2021 to March 2022.
About the Organizers
MYNIC is the official .MY domain registry recognized by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). MYNIC provides Malaysian organizations and individuals their unique brand identity on the Internet. As an agency under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM), MYNIC is dedicated to helping Malaysians reach out to the world via the use of .MY domain names. MYNIC registers .MY domain names that represent who customers are, what they are offering, and where they are located to create a professional brand which brings value to them.
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.
Objectives
Digital Economy
Contribute to the strengthening of the region’s DNS infrastructure, industry digital presence, and digital economy
Recent Developments
Facilitate discussion on recent development and top trends in the DNS industry
Opportunity
Highlight business opportunities in the DNS industry, and explore collaboration opportunities through strengthening of networks with fellow APAC community members
Industry Development
Learn from industry experts on best practices in the DNS industry
Programme
29 March 2022
0900 - 1100
(UTC+8)
Opening Ceremony officiated by the Honorable Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia Malaysia, YB Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin
30 March 2022
0900 - 1030
(UTC+8)
Future of the Domain Name System (DNS)
At this Forum’s lead-up webinar, it has been established that the DNS is fundamental to the Internet. The DNS has continued to evolve over the past 40 years, supporting various innovations on the Internet with no one in charge. Where is it headed and what challenges will it face in the future?
1045 - 1215
(UTC+8)
What's Next for Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Variants?
This session will provide an overview on the use of Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) variants (e.g. simplified and traditional Chinese). The session will provide an update on ongoing IDN variant discussions for both generic top-level domain (gTLD) and country-code top-level domain (ccTLD), as well as next steps. Speakers from different stakeholder groups will share the challenges for IDN variants from policy, manageability, and usability perspectives.
1230 - 1330
(UTC+8)
Protecting Your Domain Name: Recapturing Lost Revenue and Traffic from Cybersquatters and Counterfeiters
The Internet has changed the scope of threats to BRANDS and REVENUE.“93% of brands experience online fraud and 7% Annual Revenue lost to counterfeiters.”
DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT FOCUS AND PROTECTION FOR YOUR BRAND DOMAIN? In this session, the speaker will share how domain protection can recapture lost revenue and traffic to counterfeiters & cybersquatters and what are the key players doing to protect their brand’s domains.As our reliance on digital services continues to grow, this will become an even more essential ingredient for success.
Moderator:
David Chui, MYNIC
Speaker:
Susan Lien, Reg.Asia
1330 - 1500
(UTC+8)
Lunch Break
1500 - 1600
(UTC+8)
Lightning Talk 1
This Lightning Talk session will feature various presentations from community session proposers.
Moderator:
David Chui, MYNIC
Building an Open, Robust, and Stable Voting-Based Domain Top List using Passive DNS Data
Internet measurement, security, and privacy research heavily relies on Internet domain top lists, which provide a set of purportedly popular or commonly used domains to investigate. Existing top lists, such as Alexa, Cisco Umbrella, and Tranco, have been used in hundreds of prior academic studies, making it a critical research resource. However, researchers have identified numerous issues with existing top lists, including a lack of transparency into the list data sources and construction methods, high volatility, and easy ranking manipulation. Despite these flaws, these top lists remain widely used today due to a lack of alternatives.
In this work, we explore building a top list using an extensive passive DNS (PDNS) dataset from one of the largest DNS service providers, 114 public DNS from scratch (similar to Cisco’s OpenDNS). PDNS has been widely used in both academia and industry, making it a more transparent and accessible top list data source. We propose a voting-based domain ranking method, where individual IP addresses express their domain preferences, and the global top list ranking is produced across IP addresses through a voting mechanism. We empirically evaluate our top list design, demonstrating that it achieves better stability and manipulation resistance than existing top lists, while serving as an open and transparent ranking method that other researchers can use or adapt.
Speaker: Qinge Xie, Georgia Tech’s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
DNS Health’s Role in Security Posture
Over the years, DNS has been a target by cybercriminals not only for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, but also phishing. Phishing, if successful, can be used as a launch pad for more complex methods like ransomware and business email compromise (BEC).
Organizations should include DNS in their overall security strategy. It’s key to assess all aspects surrounding DNS: providers, assets linked to DNS, and security layers.
Speaker: John Valenzuela, CSC
An Overview on Bangladeshi Domain Name Service Status
I will speak about the current status of domain name services in Bangladesh and the opportunities.There are many domain registrants from Bangladesh and It has a huge opportunity to increase it in future rapidly. But There is negligible domain registrar and no registry except ccTLD. There are many abuses and scamming happening and DNS security issues happening here. How we can improve the scenario for Bangladesh. What opportunities are there in Bangladesh to overcome the current conditions.
1615 - 1715
(UTC+8)
Establishing a Trusted Notifier Mechanism to Fight DNS Abuse
Voluntary Trusted Notifier arrangements are a relied upon way for registries and registrars to help address DNS abuse. ccTLD and gTLD registries TWNIC and DotAsia recently joined forces to co-develop a Trusted Notifier Anti-Phishing Fast Track Mechanism as part of their commitment to combat growing cybersecurity concerns. Besides sharing their approach in this collaboration, this session also aims to explore how the wider APAC community could collaborate with one another to further this effort.
31 March 2022
0900 - 0945
(UTC+8)
DNS Directions & Network Operators
DNS resolvers are vital to provider networks and services but industry forces signal change. DNS encryption, standardized by the IETF and supported by an influential vendor ecosystem, will alter the way subscribers interact with internet access services. New network architectures focused on the edge may change resolver deployment and management models. The DNS has always been an attractive target since successful attacks usually deliver high returns on investment. On the positive side DNS data remains a rich source of security and network insights and viable policy enforcement point. This presentation will discuss the interplay between these trends and how new capabilities can help.
Moderator:
David Chui, MYNIC
Speaker:
Bruce Van Nice, Akamai
1000 - 1100
(UTC+8)
Globalizing Efforts to Mitigate DNS Abuse
The purpose of this panel is to discuss the state of DNS abuse in the APAC region, with a particular emphasis on how the local experience might differ from other regions. We’ll look at the gaps in education and tools for the APAC community, while also discussing potential avenues to collaborate and innovate together.
1115 - 1215
(UTC+8)
Being a Registrant - Things to Note
This session will provide an overview on domain name lifecycles and how it relates to registrants (domain name owners). Speakers will share useful information on registrants’ rights and responsibilities, as well as steps to protect your domain name. The session will also discuss how registrars and resellers may interact with their customers and/or Internet end users.
Moderator:
Yien-Chyn Tan, ICANN
Speakers:
· Brian Gutterman, ICANN
· Ashwin Rangan, ICANN
· Abhijit Relekar, Newfold Digital
1215 - 1400
(UTC+8)
Lunch Break
1400 - 1500
(UTC+8)
Lightning Talk 2
This Lightning Talk session will feature various presentations from community session proposers.
Moderator:
Sabrina Lim, ICANN
DNS in Multi-tenant Cloud Environment
In a cloud environment, different tenants may have different DNS configurations. The configurations may include tenant-specific Virtual Private Zones(VPZ), DNS Response Policy Zones(RPZ), Response Rate Limiting(RRL) or Access Control List(ACL) etc.
This talk will describe a best practice on how Alibaba provision the DNS infrastructure for Tenant in Cloud Environment. The “VNI” EDNS option (or EDNS VNI) is proposed to enable the DNS to signal and identify the tenant virtual network from which a DNS query is generated. Based on EDNS VNI information, the DNS server can respond according to the configuration of that tenant.
Speaker: Davey Song, Alibaba Cloud
Emergency Comms in Disasters and Crises: Safe Space for DNS?
The rate of natural disasters has increased as climate change continues to hit our planet with relentless ferocity. Broken cell towers, snapped fibre and submarine cables, all impede important emergency communications needed to recover quickly from these crises. This session will look into the characteristics of key physical and social infrastructure which governments and non-profits should look to when investing in such emergency comms, and provide some possible solutions to explore. In particular, it will seek to explore the community’s interest in building further discussions around the safety and security of satellite communications as it relates to the DNS.
Speaker: Lim May-Ann, Fair Tech Institute
Measuring the Practical Effect of DNS Root Server Instances: A China-Wide Case Study
DNS root servers are deployed using multiple globally distributed anycast instances, and the scale of instances across the globe has been rapidly growing. We introduce a measurement study that investigates the practical effect of root server instances deployed in the Chinese mainland. Our analysis of this issue includes two-fold.
First, we measure the catchment area of the root server instances and answer the question about which domestic networks are served. Our results show that some of the instances are not accessible from major ISP networks due to limits of BGP routing policies, and a number of root queries still turn to further instances outside the international gateway.
Second, we evaluate the impact of deploying new instances on query performance and root server selection in resolvers. We confirm that root instances contribute to lowered query delay from networks within their catchment area.
Through reviewing source code of mainstream DNS implementations, we find that less-latent root servers are generally preferred thus deploying root server instances increase their possibilities to absorb DNS root requests from nearby resolvers.Finally, we make recommendations to improve the operational status of the DNS root server system.
Speaker: Fenglu Zhang, Tsinghua University
DNS Abuse Handing in the New Era: A Child Abuse Content Perspective
DNS abuse has been occurring since the early days of the Internet, and now it is affecting the daily lives of many Internet users around the world. Therefore, DNS abuse must be resolved to provide the people of the world a safer and more stable Internet.
However, content abuse is an area which is very difficult to tackle and combat because it involves conflicting areas like freedom of expression, business interests, children welfare, individual and organizational rights, etc. The nature of the Internet is speed. Anything that gets uploaded to the internet has a tendency to spread like wildfire, and it also means that damage made to child sexual abuse victims is faster and harder. As such, the effect of the damage is also longer lasting and heightens the risk with re-occurrence time and time again.
This time we will be touching on something more fundamental, and more important. That is Child Sexual Abuse Content Processing. There are many child sexual abuse materials going around the global internet, and criminals are commercializing such actions and materials. NETalent believes, as a member of the Internet user community, a member of ICANN’s contractual party, and an
entity in this world, we have the corporate social responsibility to step up and process this kind of unethical and immoral behaviors. NETalent would like to invite experts in different fields to a panel discussion on this matter, and if possible, to find a common ground for all interested parties to participate and protect our children and every child thereafter.
1515 - 1600
(UTC+8)
Thick or Thin Registry & Data Escrow for ccTLD and gTLD
What’s the difference? Simply put, in a thin registry, the contact details for a domain registration (namely the registrant, admin, technical and billing contacts) are stored at the registrar, and the registry’s whoisserver only shows basic domain information, and provides a referral to the “registrar whois” which then shows the relevant contact data. Conversely, in a thick registry system, the contact details are stored at the registry level, and are shown in the “registry whois”. There is no “registrar whois”.
Moderator:
Dr Stefanie Chow, MYNIC
Speaker:
Gavin Brown, CentralNic
1615 - 1700
(UTC+8)
Digital Brand & Future Digital Commerce
Digital commerce isn’t the commerce of the future — it is the commerce of today. Permanent shifts in consumer behaviour and a massive boom in the Malaysian eCommerce sector meant that businesses must adopt digital or risk fading to obscurity.
This session discusses the importance of embracing digital commerce, as well as the key elements needed to tackle an ever-shifting digital landscape, from eCommerce skills to the core technologies that can help build a strong digital brand.
Speaker:
Mahadhir Aziz, MDEC
1 April 2022
1015 - 1115
(UTC+8)
Real Life Perspectives on Regional DNS Abuse in APAC
Join JPCERT Coordination Center, the Korean National Police Agency and The Spamhaus Project as they share their real-life perspectives regarding malicious activity in Asia Pacific (APAC), including some of their current concerns and threats they have recently detected targeting users in the region that, in one way or another, make use of, or abuse the DNS. The purposes of the session are to share with the audience three informed perspectives regarding the DNS threat scenario, discuss methods and techniques to address them and increase general awareness about them.
Moderator:
Carlos Alvarez, ICANN
Speakers:
· Shoko Nakai, JPCERT
· Carel Bitter, The Spamhaus Project
1130 - 1215
(UTC+8)
How 5G will Penetrate the Industry and Accelerate the Evolution of DNS
One of the primary visions for any new network technology is improved performance, and 5G is no exception.
To achieve the performance of the 5G technology, data-intensive services such as video streaming and along with the increasing number of applications, especially in industry verticals (retail, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, and health) required low latency access for the network services.
To attain the low latency in 5G, the use of edge computing for critical infrastructure services such as DNS, will reduce the backhauled traffic and improved overall user experience in accessing the network services. As 5G is mainly associated with speed and high performance, inability to deliver quick responses will result to a devastated failure in meeting the end-users’ expectations and demands.
The pervasive connectivity of 5G will increase reliance on edge computing, which brings cloud resources compute, storage and networking closer to the applications, devices and users. 5G implementation will require greater use of small cell stations at the very edge of the network, so all data don’t have to travel long distances to a cloud or data centre.
For this to be possible, it will require a shift from current DNS architectures and technologies, which tend to utilize a small number of large regional data centers, to a more distributed model consisting of a much higher number of smaller DNS nodes.
When it comes to security, thousands of new locations of the smaller DNS nodes increase the potential for security threats. In this regards, DNS can be leveraged to block various types of attacks at the edge.
Functioning to handle any intent of connection from a user to an application server by resolving the domain name to a technical IP address, DNS is an excellent viewpoint for applying a first layer of security, allowing abnormal access requests to be filtered out.
Therefore, data processing at the edge of a network and bringing it closer to the location where it is needed gives benefit in providing low-latency and secured DNS in a 5G network.
The benefits are clear and 5G is likely to impact every aspect of the industry, however, deploying 5G poses challenges for network operators. It requires operators to rethink a new DNS network architecture and technology to support their network services.
DNS evolution is expected to boost demand on the network architectures and technologies to connect to the network safely and reliably. To address this evolution, organizations need to take advantage of distributed DNS technology to enable seamless access for the consumers in the growing digital economy.
1215 - 1430
(UTC+8)
Lunch Break
1430 - 1600
(UTC+8)
Privacy Trends & Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Types of Domain Name Dispute Resolution and key differences between MYDRP and UDRP. Processes involved in MYDRP and UDRP. Latest trends on UDRP and MYNIC cases filed with AIAC, Settlement and why DNDR procedures are better than court proceedings.
1615 - 1715
(UTC+8)
Exploring Emerging Technologies
This session will explore recent emerging technologies, and discuss their potential impacts on the Domain Name System (DNS). Speakers will provide an overview on the evolving discussions of alternate namespaces (e.g.handshake and unstoppable domains), as well as possible interconnectivities across namespaces. The session will also explore how and when quantum computers will affect Internet security and privacy, and current steps taken to mitigate these effects.
Moderator:
Adiel A. Akplogan, ICANN
Speakers:
· Alain Durand, ICANN
· Edmon Chung, DotAsia Organisation
Pre-Event Webinars
14 Oct 2021
1100 - 1230 (UTC +8)
State of the Domain Name Industry - Challenges & Opportunities
18 Nov 2021
1100 - 1230 (UTC +8)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Domain Names
Speakers' Profiles
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Abhijit Relekar
Newfold Digital
Alain Durand
ICANN
Anil Jain
NIXI
Ashwin Rangan
ICANN
Brian Cimbolic
PIR
Brian Gutterman
ICANN
Bruce Van Nice
Akamai
Carel Bitter
The Spamhaus Project
Davey Song
Alibaba Cloud
Dennis Cai
ADNDRC
Donna Austin
GoDaddy Registry
Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek
MCMC
Edmon Chung
DotAsia Organisation
Fenglu Zhang
Tsinghua University
Gavin Brown
CentralNic
Geoff Huston
APNIC
Göran Marby
ICANN
Hong-Fu (Tom) Meng
NETalent and Net-Chinese
Imran Hossen
EyHost Ltd.
Jiankang Yao
CNNIC
John Valenzuela
CSC
Kenny Huang
ccPDP4 and TWNIC
Lim May-Ann
Fair Tech Institute
Mahadhir Aziz
MDEC
Marc Blanchet
Cofomo
Paddy Tam
CSC
Pitinan Kooarmornpatana
ICANN
Prissilla John
AIAC
Qinge Xie
Georgia Tech’s School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
Raedene McGary
Tucows Registry Services
Ram Mohan
Donuts
Shoko Nakai
JPCERT
Sophia Feng
ZDNS
Susan Lien
Reg.Asia
Yoshi Murakami
Com Laude
Moderators' Profiles
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Adiel A. Akplogan
ICANN
Carlos Alvarez
ICANN
David Chui
MYNIC
Dr Stefanie Chow
MYNIC
Graeme Bunton
DNS Abuse Institute
Jia-Rong Low
ICANN
Pavel Farhan
Asian Institute of Technology/ UN OICT
Sabrina Lim
ICANN
Satish Babu
APRALO
Yeo Yee Ling
MYNIC
Yien-Chyn Tan
ICANN
Newsletters
Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
CentralNic
Headquartered in London, and with offices across the world, CentralNic Registry is one of the world’s leading registry services companies. It develops and licenses its own registry software and operates its own registry platforms. It also enables other registry operators to operate independent platforms (which may be shared or dedicated, hybrid or in-country), and powers a large number of domain extensions including ccTLDs, gTLDs, second-level domain registries (SLDs) and .brand TLDs. CentralNic’s flexible approach allows it to configure a solution which matches the needs of the Registry Operator ranging from software-only licence through to complete registry management and distribution.
Glocomp Systems (M) Sdn Bhd
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Silver Sponsors
EC-Council Global Services
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Taiwan Network Information Center
The Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) is an neutral and non-profit organization taking responsibility for country code domain name registration, IP address allocation and TWCERT/CC in Taiwan. TWNIC, as a part of the global Internet ecosystem, has collaborated with ICANN, APNIC, APTLD and regional organizations to well-establish cooperation on policy and technical forum focusing on domain names, IP and cyber security and new technologies from the global and Asia-Pacific regional perspectives to explore, discuss and share via various Internet stakeholders.
Japan Registry Services Co. Ltd. (JPRS)
JPRS is aleading service provider for management and registration of domain names and for the domain name system(DNS)operations.The company was established on December 26,2000. As a company dedicated to maintaining the Internet in frastructure of Japan,JPRS operates under a corporate philosophy which aims to contribute to the expansion of the Internet and to building a better future for people and society.
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud, founded in 2009, is a global leader in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, providing services to thousands of enterprises, developers, and governments organizations in more than 200 countries and regions. Committed to the success of its customers, Alibaba Cloud provides reliable and secure cloud computing and data processing capabilities as a part of its online solutions. In January 2017, Alibaba Cloud became the official cloud services partner of the Olympics.
FAQ
The APAC DNS Forum 2022 is a platform organized by ICANN and MYNIC for our regional DNS community to network, exchange ideas, and explore collaboration opportunities. This will in turn help to prepare our DNS community for greater participation in the ICANN75 Public Meeting, currently scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September 2022.
The APAC DNS Forum 2022 will be held from 30 March to 1 April 2022. In the lead-up to the Forum, there will also be six (6) webinars on various topics that will take place between September 2021 and March 2022.
Yes, you can. This event is open to DNS industry players from all stakeholder groups including network operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Registries, Registrars, Resellers, subscription-based businesses, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Internet end users, and any interested members of the public.
You do not need to register for individual webinar sessions. You only need to register once. Upon successful registration for the APAC DNS Forum 2022, you are entitled to access the Forum’s virtual platform, including all webinars and the actual Forum in 2022. Your username and password for the virtual platform will be provided in our registration confirmation email.
Yes, all APAC DNS Forum webinars are free. The Forum itself will also be free to attend.
Please email us at corpcom@mynic.my or drop us a message at the “Contact Us” section on our website.
The virtual platform is the place where you may attend/watch our 6 pre-event webinars and view their presentation slides. In addition, APAC DNS Forum 2022 from 30 March to 1 April 2022 will be organized via this platform. More features may be added closer to the date. There is a help desk if you need further assistance.
Yes, the APAC DNS Forum 2022 virtual platform is mobile-friendly. You can participate either from your desktop and laptop, or through any mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets, that are connected to the Internet. We recommend using Chrome or Safari as your browser for the best viewing experience.
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