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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is a reminder for tomorrow’s (October 18) Root DNSSEC KSK Ceremony 31. The ceremony begins at 13:00 ET / 17:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The following will be performed during the ceremony:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Transfer of Recovery Key Share Holder Role with the SMK smartcard from Paul Kane to Kristian Ørmen</span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Signing of the 2018 Q1 KSRs using KSK-2010 and KSK-2017.</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Signing of the three other 2018 Q1 KSRs for fallback scenarios</span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Details regarding the ceremony and live streaming information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.iana.org/dnssec/ceremonies/31">https://www.iana.org/dnssec/ceremonies/31</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">IANA Functions Operator</span></p>
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