2.3.6 Domain Name Server Operations (dnsop)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 48th IETF Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 17-Jul-00

Chair(s):

Lars-Johan Liman <liman@sunet.se>
Ray Plzak <plzak@nic.mil>

Operations and Management Area Director(s):

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:

Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion:dnsop@cafax.se
To Subscribe: dnsop-request@cafax.se
Archive: http://www.cafax.se/dnsop/maillist/

Description of Working Group:

The DNS Operations Working Group will develop guidelines for the operation DNS name servers and the administration of DNS zone files. These guidelines will provide technical information relating to the implementation of the DNS protocol by the operators and administrators of DNS domains. The group will perform the following activities:

1. Define the processes by which Domain Name System (DNS) servers may be efficiently and correctly administered, configured, and operated on Internet networks. This will include root zone name servers, gTLD name servers, and the name servers of other DNS domains. As part of this effort, the group will produce documents explaining to the general Internet community what processes and mechanisms should be employed for the effective management and operation of DNS servers.

2. Publish (or assume sponsorship for) documents concerning DNSSEC procedures.

3. Publish (or assume sponsorship for) documents concerning the education of new/novice DNS "users" (FYI-RFCs).

4. Identify performance measurement tools and evaluate their effectiveness.

The group sees four main areas with related documents:

Root Name Server Operational Requirements draft-bush-dnsop-root-opreq-00.txt Editor: Randy Bush

Multiple servers sharing the same IP address

Editor: Masataka Ohta

Zone KEY RRSet Signing Procedure draft-ietf-dnssec-key-handling-00.txt Editor: Edward Lewis

Performance and measuring Editors: Randy Bush & Michael Patton

Goals and Milestones:

Jun 99

  

Publish revised Root Server Requirements.

Jul 99

  

Publish revised version of Key Handling.

Jul 99

  

Publish first version of Servers Sharing IP#.

Sep 99

  

WG last call for Root Server Requirements.

Sep 99

  

Publish first version of Performance and Measuring.

Oct 99

  

Publish revised version of Key Handling.

Oct 99

  

Publish revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.

Nov 99

  

Submit Root Server Requirements to the IESG for consideration as Informational (BCP?).

Dec 99

  

Publish 2nd revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.

Jan 00

  

Publish revised version of Key Handling.

Feb 00

  

Publish revised Performance and Measuring.

Mar 00

  

WG last call for Key Handling.

Mar 00

  

WG last call for Servers Sharing IP#.

May 00

  

Publish revised Performance and Measuring.

May 00

  

Submit Servers Sharing IP# to the IESG for consideration as Informational.

Jun 00

  

Submit Key Handling to the IESG for consideration as BCP.

Aug 00

  

WG last call for Performance and Measuring.

Oct 00

  

Submit Performance and Measuring to the IESG for consideration as Informational.

Internet-Drafts:

Request For Comments:

RFC

Status

Title

 

RFC2870

 

Root Name Server Operational Requirements

Current Meeting Report

None received.

Slides

None received.