8–11 Nov 2026
Morris J. Wosk Centre For Dialogue, SFU
America/Vancouver timezone

Implementing OOTS: Authoritative DNS Transport Signaling in Practice

11 Nov 2026, 15:00
1h 30m
Fairview (Delta Hotels Vancouver)

Fairview

Delta Hotels Vancouver

550 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1L6

Speakers

Babak Farrokhi (Quad9 DNS) Sara Dickinson (Sinodun IT)

Description

Who is this for: Implementers and Operators interesting in gaining experience with OOTS

Synopsis: This session will dive into the details of a recent Internet Draft proposal for "Opportunistic Operator based SVCB transport signaling (OOTS)" which is an
alternative mechanism that enables a more controlled deployment of Opportunistic encrypted transports.

Reference material: Latest WIP version of OOTS Internet Draft

Agenda:
* What is OOTS and how does it evolve ADoX beyond Unilateral probing?
* Passive mode vs Probe mode
* Demo using prototype recursive and authoritative OOTS deployments
* What is involved in deploying ADoX?
- For recursive operators
- For authoritative operators
* Current and future plans for deployment
* Early work on stub to recursive signaling of desired upstream privacy

Presentation materials