2.4.4 Domain Name System Operations (dnsop)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 62nd IETF Meeting in Minneapolis, MN USA. It may now be out-of-date.

Last Modified: 2005-01-07

Chair(s):

David Meyer <dmm@1-4-5.net>
Rob Austein <sra@hactrn.net>

Operations and Management Area Director(s):

Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>
David Kessens <david.kessens@nokia.com>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:

David Kessens <david.kessens@nokia.com>

Mailing Lists:

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Archive: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~llynch/dnsop/

Description of Working Group:

The DNS Operations Working Group will develop guidelines for the
operation of DNS software 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 zones. The group will
perform the following activities:

1. Define the processes by which Domain Name System (DNS) software
      may be efficiently and correctly administered, configured, and
      operated on Internet networks. This will include root zone
      name servers, gTLD name servers, name servers for other DNS
      zones, iterative DNS resolvers, and recursive DNS resolvers.
      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 software.

2. Publish documents concerning DNSSEC operational procedures.

3. Publish documents concerning the IPv6 DNS operational
      procedures and DNS-related IPv6 transition and coexistence
      issues.

4. Publish documents concerning the operations of the root and
      TLD services, and DNS resolvers.

Goals and Milestones:

Done  Submit I-D: revised Root Server Requirements.
Done  Submit I-D: revised version of Key Handling.
Done  Submit I-D: first version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Done  Submit I-D: first version of Performance and Measuring.
Done  Submit I-D: revised version of Key Handling.
Done  Submit I-D: revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Done  Submit Root Server Requirements to the IESG for consideration as Informational (BCP?).
Done  Submit I-D: 2nd revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Done  Distributing Authoritative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses to the IESG for Informational
Apr 04  Submit Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior to the IESG for Informational
Jun 04  Submit Identifying an Authoritative Name Server to IESG for Informational
Jun 04  Submit Requiring DNS IN-ADDR Mapping to IESG for BCP
Aug 04  Submit document describing the outstanding problems and issues with DNS discovery for IPv6 to the IESG for Informational.
Sep 04  Submit Requirements for Automated Key Rollover in DNSsec to IESG for Informational
Sep 04  Submit DNS Response Size Issues to IESG for Informational
Oct 04  Submit Operational Guidelines for 'local' zones in the DNS to IESG. Category to be determined.
Oct 04  Submit Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS to the IESG for Informational
Oct 04  Submit Common Misbehavior against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses to the IESG for Informational
Jan 05  Submit DNSSEC Operational Procedures to IESG for BCP

Internet-Drafts:

  • draft-ietf-dnsop-inaddr-required-06.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-bad-dns-res-03.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-ipv6-dns-issues-10.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-dnssec-operational-practices-03.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-key-rollover-requirements-02.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-misbehavior-against-aaaa-02.txt
  • draft-ietf-dnsop-ipv6-dns-configuration-05.txt

    Request For Comments:

    RFCStatusTitle
    RFC2870 BCP Root Name Server Operational Requirements
    RFC3258 I Distributing Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses
    RFC3901 BCP DNS IPv6 transport operational guidelines

    Current Meeting Report

    None received.

    Slides

    IPv6 Host Configuration of DNS Server Information Approaches