Domain Name System Operations (dnsop) ------------------------------------- Charter Last Modified: 2007-02-06 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Rob Austein Peter Koch Operations and Management Area Director(s): Dan Romascanu David Kessens Operations and Management Area Advisor: David Kessens Mailing Lists: General Discussion:dnsop@ietf.org To Subscribe: http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop Archive: http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsop/current/index.html 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 Done Submit Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior to the IESG for Informational Done Submit document describing the outstanding problems and issues with DNS discovery for IPv6 to the IESG for Informational. Done Submit Operational Guidelines for 'local' zones in the DNS to IESG. Category to be determined. Done Submit Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS to the IESG for Informational Done Submit Common Misbehavior against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses to the IESG for Informational Done Submit DNSSEC Operational Procedures to IESG for BCP Aug 2006 Submit Identifying an Authoritative Name Server to IESG for Informational Sep 2006 Submit I-D: revised version of Encouraging DNS IN-ADDR Mapping Oct 2006 Submit DNS Response Size Issues to IESG for Informational Nov 2006 Submit I-D: revised version of Encouraging DNS IN-ADDR Mapping Feb 2007 Submit Encouraging DNS IN-ADDR Mapping to IESG for BCP Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- -------------------------------------------- May 2002 Feb 2007 Requirements for a Mechanism Identifying a Name Server Instance May 2006 Feb 2007 Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector Attacks Sep 2006 Feb 2007 Considerations for the use of DNS Reverse Mapping Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC2870BCP Jun 2000 Root Name Server Operational Requirements RFC3258 I Apr 2002 Distributing Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses RFC3901BCP Sep 2004 DNS IPv6 transport operational guidelines RFC4074 I May 2005 Common Misbehavior against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses RFC4339 I Feb 2006 IPv6 Host Configuration of DNS Server Information Approaches RFC4472 I Apr 2006 Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS RFC4641 I Sep 2006 DNSSEC Operational Practices RFC4697BCP Oct 2006 Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior