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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">We have successfully opened the safe with the failed mechanism, and are in the final stages of remediation, with the repair work and installation of a new lock underway.
We are therefore arranging resources to start the KSK Ceremony 40 at 0000 UTC, or shortly thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Work to repair the safe has been ongoing since Friday morning, and again I’d like to acknowledge the patience and work of everyone involved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">There ceremony information page with script and live streaming link is at https://www.iana.org/dnssec/ceremonies/40<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">kim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#595959">Kim Davies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#595959">VP, IANA Services, ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#595959">President, Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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