Final Report: DNS Outage of 5 May 2026
Final assessment, based on the initial analysis of 8 May 2026 and the comprehensive follow-up examination
Analysis of the DNS outage on 5 May 2026
During a routine DNSSEC key rollover on 5 May 2026, some non-validatable signatures were generated and distributed. As a result, validating resolvers were temporarily unable to successfully verify their DNS responses for .de domains. This led to noticeable restrictions in the accessibility of .de domains for approximately three hours. Normal
DENIC at IETF 122 in Bangkok
DENIC's Pawel Kowalik and Christian Simmen actively participated at the 122nd IETF Meeting in Bangkok
Registry Insight: Quotas in the DENIC registration system
In our blog post ‘Future-Proof Technology for the Realtime Registry Interface of .de,’ we provided an insight into the DENIC registration system (Realtime Registry Interface, or RRI for short).
In this blog post, we would like to provide an overview of the topic of ‘quotas in the DENIC registration system’
DENIC Spark: Sparking innovation and shaping the future
DENIC eG holds internal employee conference to inspire and promote innovative ideas for technological future
