2.4.5 Domain Name Server Operations (dnsop)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 56th IETF Meeting in San Francisco, California USA. It may now be out-of-date.

Last Modified: 2003-02-24

Chair(s):
Lars-Johan Liman <liman@autonomica.se>
Ray Plzak <plzak@arin.net>
Operations and Management Area Director(s):
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>
Operations and Management Area Advisor:
Randy Bush <randy@psg.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:
  • - draft-ietf-dnsop-ohta-shared-root-server-02.txt
  • - draft-ietf-dnsop-serverid-01.txt
  • - draft-ietf-dnsop-ipv6-dns-issues-02.txt
  • - draft-ietf-dnsop-interim-signed-root-01.txt
    • Request For Comments:
    RFCStatusTitle
    RFC2870BCPRoot Name Server Operational Requirements
    RFC3258 I Distributing Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses

    Current Meeting Report

    None received.

    Slides

    The Autoconfiguration of Recursive DNS Server and the Optimization of DNS Name Resolution in Hierarchical Mobile IPv6