Root KSK Ceremony 63

This ceremony has been completed.

Location Root Zone Key Management Facility East
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Ceremony Start 2026-11-12 18:00:00 UTC
Thursday 12 November 2026, 1 p.m. (local time at facility)
Objectives Sign the ZSK for 2027Q1

Rewatch the ceremony

This is an archive of the live online broadcast provided during the ceremony. Formal audit footage and other materials from the ceremony are posted separately below.

Agenda

This timeline is a rough guide only. We endeavour to adhere to the advertised start time, but the length of ceremonies varies. Note that the following day is held as a backup date in case the ceremony can not be conducted as scheduled.

Time (UTC) Time (Ceremony) Agenda
16:30 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Check-in and lunch for in-person attendees
18:00 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Ceremony
22:45 5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Debrief with in-person attendees

Ceremony Materials

File Description
KC63_Script.pdf (687.3 KB) Proposed Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
coen-2.0.1-amd64.iso (613.9 MB) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-2.0.1
coen-2.0.1-amd64.iso.sha256 (87 bytes) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-2.0.1 SHA-256 Hash
coen-3.0.0-amd64.iso (670.2 MB) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-3.0.0
coen-3.0.0-amd64.iso.sha256 (87 bytes) Signing Computer Operating System Image Release coen-3.0.0 SHA-256 Hash