Root KSK Ceremony 61

This ceremony has been completed.

Location Root Zone Key Management Facility East
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Ceremony Start 2026-04-30 17:00:00 UTC
Thursday 30 April 2026, 1 p.m. (local time at facility)
Objectives Sign the ZSK for 2026Q3
Destroy Hardware Security Modules 5E and 6E

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
15:30 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Check-in and lunch for in-person attendees
17:00 1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Ceremony
21:45 5:45 p.m. – 6 p.m. Debrief with in-person attendees

Ceremony Materials

File Description
20260429-AC61-1-Annotated_Script.pdf (7.3 MB) Annotated Administrative Ceremony 61-1 Script: Safe 1 Maintenance
20260429-AC61-1_CAM01.mp4 (444.2 MB) Administrative Ceremony 61-1 Audit Camera #1 Footage
20260429-AC61-1_CAM03.mp4 (439.6 MB) Administrative Ceremony 61-1 Audit Camera #3 Footage
20260429-AC61-2-Annotated_Script.pdf (7.1 MB) Annotated Administrative Ceremony 61-2 Script: Safe 2 Maintenance
20260429-AC61-2_CAM01.mp4 (448.3 MB) Administrative Ceremony 61-2 Audit Camera #1 Footage
20260429-AC61-2_CAM03.mp4 (445.8 MB) Administrative Ceremony 61-2 Audit Camera #3 Footage
20260430-KC61_Annotated_Script.pdf (11.9 MB) Annotated Key Signing Key Ceremony Script
20260430-KC61_CAM01.mp4 (3.2 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #1 Footage
20260430-KC61_CAM02.mp4 (3.2 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #2 Footage
20260430-KC61_CAM03.mp4 (3.2 GB) Key Ceremony Audit Camera #3 Footage
20260501-HSM5E_Destruction.pdf (180.5 KB) Certificate of HSM5E Critical Component Destruction
20260501-HSM6E_Destruction.pdf (180.4 KB) Certificate of HSM6E Critical Component Destruction
KC61_Script.pdf (1.6 MB) 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
kskm-ksrsigner-20260430-184356-1193.log (13.2 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Extend Phase D to D)
kskm-ksrsigner-20260430-184939-1226.log (13.0 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Back-out Phase D to C)
kskm-ksrsigner-20260430-185409-1259.log (13.0 KB) Key Signing Log (KSK Rollover Extend Back-out Phase C to C)
script-20260430.log (83.9 KB) Signing Computer Audit Log
ttyaudit-ttyUSB0-20260430-180332.log (89.3 KB) HSM7E Audit Log