What was sdns://2021?
sdns://2021 was a fun and informal online event focused on real-world DNS privacy
technologies, and an opportunity to celebrate 10 years of DNS privacy improvements.
When was it be held?
The event was held on August 14th, 2021, from 5pm UTC and
was streamed live on Youtube.
Who was this for?
This event was for anyone who is interested in practical DNS privacy, or who wants to learn
more about how it works.
It was open to anyone, regardless of skill level.
Program
5:00pm UTC
- Welcome + 10 years of DNS privacy improvements
- Frank Denis, Fastly
- The state of DNS privacy
- Danielle Deibler, Quad9
- Hyperlocal root and the Localroot project
- Swapneel Patnekar, Shreshta IT
- Recursive to authoritative encryption and the IETF
- Peter van Dijk / OX PowerDNS
--Break--
6:00pm UTC
- The negative effects of encrypted DNS on families
- Tony Perez, CleanBrowsing
- A brief introduction to AdGuard Home
- Andrey Meshkov, AdGuard
- The Great Firewall’s DNS censorship
- Phong, Stony Brook University & Citizen Labs
- Applications of Zero-Knowledge Proofs to encrypted DNS
- Arasu Arun, NYU
- DPKI: A Vision for a Decentralized Public-key Infrastructure
- Greg Slepak, okTurtles Foundation
- Journey to DNSCrypt
- Edward Oo, BlahDNS
- Handshake, a blockchain replacement for the root
- Mike Damm, Handshake
--Break--
7:30pm UTC
- IP addresses: how they're used and why they shouldn't be
- Matthew Finkel, Tor Project
- A year and a half of DNS over HTTPS over Tor
- Alec Muffett
- A Primer on Oblivious DoH
- Chris Wood, Cloudflare
- Anonymized DNS in practice
- Frank Denis, Fastly
--Break--
9:30pm UTC
- Round table on the future of DNS
- Multiple
--Break--
10:30pm UTC
- Lightning talks
- Anyone
- Social time and workshops
- Everyone
