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  <front>
    <title abbrev="DNS Priming Queries">Initializing a DNS Resolver with Priming Queries</title>
    <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="9609"/>
    <seriesInfo name="BCP" value="209"/>
    <author initials='P.' surname='Koch' fullname='Peter Koch'> initials="P." surname="Koch" fullname="Peter Koch">
      <organization>DENIC eG</organization>
      <address>
        <postal>
          <street>Kaiserstrasse 75-77</street>
          <city>Frankfurt</city>
          <code>60329</code>
          <country>Germany</country>
        </postal>
        <phone>+49 69 27235 0</phone>
        <email>pk@DENIC.DE</email>
      </address>
    </author>
    <author initials='M.' surname='Larson' fullname='Matt Larson'> initials="M." surname="Larson" fullname="Matt Larson">
      <organization>ICANN</organization>
      <address>
        <email>matt.larson@icann.org</email>
      </address>
    </author>
    <author initials='P.' surname='Hoffman' fullname='Paul Hoffman'> initials="P." surname="Hoffman" fullname="Paul Hoffman">
      <organization>ICANN</organization>
      <address>
        <email>paul.hoffman@icann.org</email>
      </address>
    </author>
    <date /> month="November" year="2024"/>
    <area>OPS</area>
    <workgroup>dnsop</workgroup>

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RFC 8109, it will replace RFC 8109 as BCP 209.  Please let us know
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    <abstract>
      <t>This document describes the queries that a DNS resolver should emit to initialize its
cache. The result is that the resolver gets both a current NS resource record set (RRset) for the root
zone and the necessary address information for reaching the root servers.</t>
      <t>This document, when published, document obsoletes RFC 8109. 8109.</t>

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Section 4.3 of RFC 7322 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7322) and
not contain internal citations, we moved this sentence to the end of
the Introduction section.  Please let us know any objections.

Original:
 See <xref target="changes"/> Appendix A
 for the list of changes from RFC 8109.</t> 8109.
...
 This document only deals with recursive name servers (recursive
 resolvers, resolvers) for the IN class.

Currently:
...
 This document only deals with recursive name servers (recursive
 resolvers, resolvers) for the IN class.

 See Appendix A for the list of changes from [RFC8109]. -->

    </abstract>
  </front>
  <middle>
    <section title='Introduction'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Introduction</name>
      <t>Recursive DNS resolvers need a starting point to resolve queries. <xref
target='RFC1034'/> target="RFC1034" format="default"/> describes a common scenario for recursive resolvers: they They
begin with an empty cache and some configuration for finding the names and
addresses of the DNS root servers. <xref target='RFC1034'/> target="RFC1034" format="default"/> describes that
configuration as a list of servers that will give authoritative answers to queries
about the root. This has become a common implementation choice for recursive
resolvers,
resolvers and is the topic of this document. </t>
      <t>This document describes the steps needed for this common implementation
choice. Note that this is not the only way to start a recursive name server with
an empty cache, but it is the only one described in <xref target='RFC1034'/>. target="RFC1034" format="default"/>.
Some implementers have chosen other directions, some of which work well and
others of which fail (sometimes disastrously) under different conditions.
For example, an implementation that only gets the addresses of the root name
servers from configuration, not from the DNS as described in this document,
will have stale data that could cause slower resolution.</t>
      <t>This document only deals with recursive name servers (recursive resolvers,
resolvers) for the IN class.</t> class.

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'(referred to in this document as "recursive resolvers" or simply
"resolvers")' or something else?  Please let us know how/if this text
should be clarified.

Original:
 This document only deals with recursive name servers (recursive
 resolvers, resolvers) for the IN class. -->

</t>

<t>See <xref target="changes" format="default"/> for the list of changes from
<xref target="RFC8109"/>.</t>

      <section title='Terminology'> numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>Terminology</name>
         <t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", "<bcp14>MUST</bcp14>", "<bcp14>MUST NOT</bcp14>",
         "<bcp14>REQUIRED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHALL</bcp14>",
         "<bcp14>SHALL NOT</bcp14>", "<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14>",
         "<bcp14>SHOULD NOT</bcp14>",
         "<bcp14>RECOMMENDED</bcp14>", "<bcp14>NOT RECOMMENDED</bcp14>",
         "<bcp14>MAY</bcp14>", and "OPTIONAL" "<bcp14>OPTIONAL</bcp14>" in this document
         are to be interpreted as described in
BCP 14 BCP&nbsp;14
         <xref target="RFC2119"/> <xref target="RFC8174"/> when, and only
         when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.</t>
        <t>
See <xref target="RSSAC026v2"/> target="RSSAC026v2" format="default"/> for terminology that relates to the root server system.
See <xref target="RFC9499"/> target="RFC9499" format="default"/> for terminology that relates to the DNS in general.
</t>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section title="Description numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Description of Priming"> Priming</name>
      <t>Priming is the act of finding the list of root
servers from a configuration that lists some or all of the purported IP
addresses of some or all of those root servers.
In priming, a recursive resolver starts with no cached information about the root servers,
and it finishes with a full list of their names and their addresses in its cache.</t>
      <t>Priming is described in Sections 5.3.2 Sections&nbsp;<xref target="RFC1034" section="5.3.2" sectionFormat="bare"/> and 5.3.3 <xref target="RFC1034" section="5.3.3" sectionFormat="bare"/> of <xref target='RFC1034'/>. target="RFC1034" format="default"/>. (It is called "SBELT", a "safety belt" structure, in that document.)
The scenario used in that description, that of a recursive server that is also
authoritative, is no longer as common.</t>
      <t>The configured list of IP addresses for the root servers usually comes from the
vendor or distributor of the recursive server software.
Although this list is generally accurate and complete at the time of distribution,
it may become outdated over time.</t>
      <t>The domain names for the root servers are called the
"root server identifiers".
Although this list has remained stable since 1997, the associated IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for these root server identifiers occasionally change.
Research indicates that, following such changes, certain resolvers fail to update to the new addresses; for further details, refer to <xref target="OLD-J"/>.</t> target="OLD-J" format="default"/>.</t>
      <t>Therefore, it is important that resolvers are able to cope with change,
even without relying upon configuration updates to be applied by their operator.
Root server identifier and address changes are the main reasons that resolvers
need to use priming to get a full and accurate list of root servers,
instead of just using a statically configured list.
</t>
      <t>
See <xref target="RSSAC023v2"/> target="RSSAC023v2" format="default"/> for a history of the root server system.
</t>
      <t>Although this document is targeted at the global DNS, it also could apply to a private
DNS as well. These terms are defined in <xref target="RFC9499"/>.</t> target="RFC9499" format="default"/>.</t>
      <t>Some systems serve a copy of the full root zone on the same server as the resolver,
such
e.g., as is described in <xref target="RFC8806"/>. target="RFC8806" format="default"/>.
In such a setup, the resolver primes its cache using the same methods as those
described in the rest of this document.</t>
      <section title="Content numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>Content of Priming Information"> Information</name>
        <t>As described above, the configuration for priming is a list of IP addresses.
The priming information in software may be in any format that gives the software the
addresses associated with at least some of the root server identifiers.</t>
        <t>Some software has configuration that also contains the root server identifiers (such as "L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET"),
sometimes as comments and sometimes as data consumed by the software.
For example, the "root hints file" published by IANA at &lt;https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root&gt; <eref target="https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root" brackets="angle"/>
is derived directly from the root zone and contains all of the addresses
of the root server identifiers found in the root zone.
It is in DNS zone file presentation format, format and includes the root server identifiers.
Although there is no harm to in adding these names, they are not useful in
the priming process.</t>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section title='Priming Queries'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Priming Queries</name>
      <t>A priming query is a DNS query whose response provides root server identifiers and addresses.
It has a QNAME of ".", a QTYPE of NS, and a QCLASS of IN;
it is sent to one of the addresses in the configuration for the recursive resolver.
The priming query can be sent over either UDP or TCP. If the query is sent over UDP,
the source port SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> be randomly selected (see <xref target='RFC5452'/>) target="RFC5452" format="default"/>) to hamper on-path attacks.
DNS cookies Cookies <xref target='RFC7873'/> target="RFC7873" format="default"/> can also be used to hamper on-path attacks.
The Recursion Desired (RD) bit SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> be set to 0. The meaning when RD is set
to 1 is undefined for priming queries and is outside the scope of this document.</t>
      <t>The recursive resolver SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> use EDNS0 <xref target='RFC6891'/> target="RFC6891" format="default"/> for priming
queries and SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> announce and handle a reassembly size of at least 1024 octets
<xref target='RFC3226'/>. target="RFC3226" format="default"/>. Doing so allows responses that cover the size of a
full priming response (see <xref target='primrespsize'/>) target="primrespsize" format="default"/>) for the current
set of root servers.
See <xref target="dnssec_prime"/> target="dnssec_prime" format="default"/> for discussion of setting the
DNSSEC OK (DO) bit (defined in <xref target='RFC4033'/>).</t> target="RFC4033" format="default"/>).

<!-- [rfced] Section 3:  We see that "EDNS(0) [RFC6891]" in RFC 8109
was changed to "EDNS0 [RFC6891]" in this document.  We also see that
RFC 6891 uses "EDNS(0)", except for "DNS EDNS0 Options registry"
in its Section 9.  Will the reason for this change be clear to
readers?

Original:
 The recursive resolver SHOULD use EDNS0 [RFC6891] for priming queries
 and SHOULD announce and handle a reassembly size of at least 1024
 octets [RFC3226]. -->

</t>
      <section title='Repeating numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>Repeating Priming Queries'> Queries</name>
        <t>The recursive resolver SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> send a priming query only when it is needed,
such as when the resolver starts with an empty cache or when the NS RRset resource record set (RRset) for
the root zone has expired.
Because the NS records for the root zone are not special, the recursive resolver
expires those NS records according to their TTL values.
(Note that a recursive resolver MAY <bcp14>MAY</bcp14>
pre-fetch the NS RRset before it expires.)</t>
        <t>If a resolver chooses to pre-fetch the root NS RRset before that RRset has expired in its cache,
it needs to choose whether to use the addresses for the root NS RRset that it already has in its cache
or to use the addresses it has in its configuration.
Such a resolver SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> send queries to the addresses in its cache in order to reduce the chance of delay
due to out-of-date addresses in its configuration.</t>
        <t>If a priming query does not get a response, the recursive
resolver MUST <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> retry the query with a different target address from the
configuration.</t>
      </section>
      <section title='Target Selection'> numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>Target Selection</name>
        <t>In order to spread the load across all the root server identifiers, the
recursive resolver SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> select the target for a priming query randomly from
the list of addresses. The recursive resolver might choose either IPv4 or IPv6
addresses based on its knowledge of whether the system on which it is running
has adequate connectivity on either type of address.</t>
        <t>Note that this recommended method is not the only way to choose from the list
in a recursive resolver's configuration. Two other common methods include
picking the first from the list, and remembering which address in the list gave
the fastest response earlier and using that one. There are probably other
methods in use today. However, the random method listed above
<bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> be used for priming.

<!-- [rfced] Section 3.2:  We could not tell which method is "the
random method listed above".  Will this text be clear to readers?

Original:
 However,
 the random method listed above SHOULD be used for priming.</t> priming. -->

</t>
      </section>
      <section title='DNSSEC anchor="dnssec_prime" numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>DNSSEC with Priming Queries' anchor="dnssec_prime"> Queries</name>
        <t>The root NS RRset is signed and can be validated by a DNSSEC validating resolver.
At the time this document is was published, the addresses for the names in the root NS RRset are in the "root-servers.net" zone.
All root servers are also authoritative for the "root-servers.net" zone,
which allows priming responses to include the appropriate root name server A and AAAA RRsets.
However, because at the time this document is was published the "root-servers.net" zone is not signed,
the root name server A and AAAA RRsets cannot be validated.
An attacker that is able to provide a spoofed priming response can provide alternative A and AAAA RRsets
and thus fool a resolver into considering addresses under the control of the attacker to be authoritative for the root zone.</t>
        <t>A rogue root name server can view all queries from the resolver to the root and alter all unsigned parts of responses,
such as the parent side parent-side NS RRsets and glue in referral responses.
A resolver can be fooled into trusting child (TLD) (Top-Level Domain (TLD)) NS addresses that are under the control of the attacker as being authoritative if the resolver:

</t>
        <ul>
          <li>follows referrals from a rogue root server,</li>
<li>and does
          <li>does not explicitly query the authoritative NS RRset at the apex of the child (TLD) zone,</li>
<li>and does zone, and</li>
          <li>does not explicitly query for the authoritative A and AAAA RRsets for the child (TLD) NS RRsets.</li>
        </ul>
        <t>

With such resolvers, an attacker that controls a rogue root server effectively controls the entire domain name space
and can view all queries and alter all unsigned data undetected unless other protections are configured at the resolver.</t>
        <t>An attacker controlling a rogue root name server also has complete control over all unsigned delegations, delegations
and over the entire domain name space in the case of non DNSSEC non-DNSSEC validating resolvers.</t>
        <t>If the "root-servers.net" zone is later signed, signed or if the root servers are named in a
different zone and that zone is signed, having DNSSEC validation for the priming queries
might be valuable.
The benefits and costs of resolvers validating the responses will depend heavily on
the naming scheme used.</t>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section title='Priming Responses'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Priming Responses</name>
      <t>A priming query is a normal DNS query. Thus, a root server cannot
distinguish a priming query from any other query for the root NS RRset. Thus,
the root server's response will also be a normal DNS response.</t>
      <section title='Expected numbered="true" toc="default" anchor="expected-prop-priming">
        <name>Expected Properties of the Priming Response'> Response</name>
        <t>The priming response MUST <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> have an RCODE of NOERROR, NOERROR and MUST <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> have the
Authoritative Answer (AA) bit set. Also, it MUST <bcp14>MUST</bcp14> have an NS RRset in the Answer section (because the
NS RRset originates from the root zone), zone) and an empty Authority section (because the
NS RRset already appears in the Answer section). There will also be an Additional section with A
and/or AAAA RRsets for the root servers pointed at by the NS RRset.</t>
        <t>Resolver software SHOULD <bcp14>SHOULD</bcp14> treat the response to the priming query as a normal
DNS response, just as it would use any other data fed to its cache. Resolver
software SHOULD NOT <bcp14>SHOULD NOT</bcp14> expect 13 NS RRs
because, historically, some root servers have returned fewer.</t>
      </section>
      <section title='Completeness anchor="primrespsize" numbered="true" toc="default">
        <name>Completeness of the Response' anchor='primrespsize'> Response</name>
        <t>At the time this document is was published,
there are 13 root server operators operating a total of more than 1,500 1500 root server instances.
Each instance has one IPv4 address and one IPv6 address.
The combined size of all the A and AAAA RRsets
exceeds the original 512-octet payload limit from specified in <xref target="RFC1035"/>.</t> target="RFC1035" format="default"/>.</t>
        <t>In the event of a response where the Additional section omits certain root server
address information, re-issuing reissuing of the priming query does not help with those root name
servers that respond with a fixed order of addresses in the Additional section.  Instead,
the recursive resolver needs to issue direct queries for A and AAAA RRsets for the
remaining names. At the time this document is was published, these RRsets would be authoritatively available from the root
name servers.</t>
        <t>If some root server addresses are omitted from the Additional section, there is no expectation that the TC (Truncated) bit in the
response will be set to 1. At the time that this document is written, was published, many of the
root servers are not setting the TC bit when omitting addresses from the Additional section.</t>

<!-- DNE text (set off by blockquotes).  Verified to the extent
     possible, but it's confusing; AQed -->
        <t>Note that <xref target="RFC9471"/> target="RFC9471" format="default"/> updates <xref target="RFC1035"/> target="RFC1035" format="default"/> with respect to the use of the TC bit.
It says</t>

<blockquote>If message size constraints prevent the inclusion of all glue records for in-domain name servers,
the server must set the TC (Truncated) flag to inform the client that the response is incomplete
and that the client should use another transport to retrieve the full response.</blockquote>

<!-- [rfced] Section 4.2:  Regarding this text:

Original:
 Note that [RFC9471] updates [RFC1035] with respect to the use of the
 TC bit.  It says "If message size constraints prevent the inclusion
 of all glue records for in-domain name servers, the server must set
 the TC (Truncated) flag to inform the client that the response is
 incomplete and that the client should use another transport to
 retrieve the full response."
Because

We found "[RFC9471] updates [RFC1035]" confusing, because RFC 9471 is
listed as updating RFC 1034 only.  Should different wording be used
in place of "updates", to avoid confusion?  For example, would
"[RFC9471] could be said to update [RFC1035]" be appropriate?

Also, when verifying this quoted text from RFC 9471, we found that
two very similar variations of this text appear in RFC 9471:
one in its Abstract and one in its Introduction section.

Which text is preferred for this document - the text from RFC 9471's
Abstract or its Introduction section?  In other words, are
"over the chosen transport", "MUST" vs. "must", and "SHOULD" vs.
"should" of any significance here?  If yes, please let us know
whether this citation and text should point to the Abstract of
RFC 9471 or its Introduction section; we suggest specifying where the
quoted text comes from.

RFC 9471's Abstract:
 If
 message size constraints prevent the inclusion of all glue records
 for in-domain name servers, the server must set the TC (Truncated)
 flag to inform the client that the response is incomplete and that
 the client should use another transport to retrieve the full
 response.

RFC 9471's Introduction section:
 If message size constraints prevent
 the inclusion of all glue records for in-domain name servers over the
 chosen transport, the server MUST set the TC (Truncated) flag to
 inform the client that the response is incomplete and that the client
 SHOULD use another transport to retrieve the full response. -->

<t>Because the priming response is not a referral, root server addresses in the priming response are not considered glue records.
Thus, <xref target="RFC9471"/> target="RFC9471" format="default"/> does not apply to the priming response and root servers are not required to set the TC bit if not all root server addresses fit within message size constraints.
There are no requirements on the number of root server addresses that a root server must include in a priming response.</t>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section title='Post-Priming Strategies'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Post-Priming Strategies</name>
      <t>When a resolver has a zone's NS RRset in cache, its cache and it receives a query
for a domain in that zone that cannot be answered from its cache,
the resolver has to choose which NS to send queries to.
(This statement is as true for the root zone as for any other zone in the DNS.)
Two common strategies for choosing are "determine the fastest name server and always use it" and
"create buckets of fastness and pick randomly in the buckets".
This document gives no does not specify a preference to for any particular strategy other than to suggest that
resolvers not treat the root zone as special for this decision.</t>
    </section>
    <section title='Security Considerations'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Security Considerations</name>
      <t>Spoofing a response to a priming query can be used to redirect all
of the queries originating from a victim recursive resolver to one
or more servers for the attacker. Until the responses to priming queries
are protected with DNSSEC, there is no definitive way to prevent such
redirection.</t>
      <t>An on-path attacker who sees a priming query coming from a resolver can inject false
answers before a root server can give correct answers. If the attacker's answers are
accepted, this can set up the ability to give further false answers for future queries to
the resolver. False answers for root servers are more dangerous than, say, false answers
for Top-Level Domains (TLDs), TLDs, because the root is the highest node of the DNS. See
<xref target="dnssec_prime"/> target="dnssec_prime" format="default"/> for more discussion.</t>
      <t>In both of the scenarios above, a validating resolver will be able to detect the attack
if its chain of queries comes to a zone that is signed, but not for those that are unsigned.</t> unsigned.

<!-- [rfced] Section 6:  We had trouble parsing this sentence.  We
only see one scenario, and we could not decipher "comes to a zone"
and "but not for those".  Should "to" and "for" be "from"?

Original:
 In both of the scenarios above, a validating resolver will be able to
 detect the attack if its chain of queries comes to a zone that is
 signed, but not for those that are unsigned. -->

</t>
    </section>
    <section title='IANA Considerations'> numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>IANA Considerations</name>
       <t>This document does not require any has no IANA actions.</t>
    </section>
  </middle>
  <back>

<references title="Normative References">
    <references>
      <name>References</name>
      <references>
        <name>Normative References</name>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.1034.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.1035.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.2119.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3226.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.4033.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.5452.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.6891.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.7873.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8109.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8174.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.9471.xml"/>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.9499.xml"/>
      </references>

<references title="Informative References">
      <references>
        <name>Informative References</name>
        <xi:include href="https://bib.ietf.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.8806.xml"/>

        <reference anchor="OLD-J" target="https://indico.dns-oarc.net/event/24/contributions/378/">
          <front>
            <title>Thirteen Years of 'Old J Root'</title>
            <author initials='D.' surname='Wessels' fullname='Duane Wessels'> initials="D." surname="Wessels" fullname="Duane Wessels">
              <organization/>
            </author>
            <author initials="J." surname="Castonguay" fullname="Jason Castonguay">
              <organization/>
            </author>
            <author initials="P." surname="Barber" fullname="Piet Barber">
              <organization/>
            </author>
            <date year="2015"/></front> month="October" year="2015"/>
          </front>
          <refcontent>DNS-OARC Fall 2015 Workshop</refcontent>
        </reference>

        <reference anchor="RSSAC023v2" target="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-023-17jun20-en.pdf">
          <front>
            <title>History of the Root Server System</title>
            <author/>
            <date year="2016"/></front> month="June" year="2020"/>
          </front>
          <refcontent>A Report from the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)</refcontent>
          <refcontent>RSSAC023v2</refcontent>
        </reference>

        <reference anchor="RSSAC026v2" target="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-026-lexicon-12mar20-en.pdf">
          <front>
            <title>RSSAC Lexicon</title>
            <author/>
            <date year="2020"/></front> month="March" year="2020"/>
          </front>
          <refcontent>An Advisory from the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)</refcontent>
          <refcontent>RSSAC026v2</refcontent>
        </reference>

      </references>
    </references>
    <section title='Changes anchor="changes" numbered="true" toc="default">
      <name>Changes from RFC 8109' anchor='changes'> 8109</name>
      <t>This document obsoletes <xref target="RFC8109"/>. target="RFC8109" format="default"/>. The significant changes from RFC 8109
are:

<list style="symbols">
are as follows:

</t>
      <ul spacing="normal">
        <li>
          <t>Added section on the content of priming information.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added paragraph about no expectation that the TC bit in responses will be set.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added paragraph about RFC 9471 and requirements on authoritative servers and the TC bit.
This clarified the role of glue records and truncation for responses from the root zone.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Changed "man-in-the-middle" to "machine-in-the-middle" to be both
more inclusive and more technically accurate.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Clarified that there are other effects of machine-in-the-middle attacks.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Clarified language for root server domain names as "root server identifiers".</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added short discussion of post-priming strategies.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added informative references to RSSAC Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) documents.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added short discussion about this document and private DNS.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Clarified that machine-in-the-middle attacks could be successful for non-signed TLDs.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added discussion of where resolvers that pre-fetch should get the root NS addresses.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Elevated the expectations in "Expected Properties of the Priming Response" to MUST-level.</t> <xref target="expected-prop-priming"/> ("<xref target="expected-prop-priming" format="title"/>") to <bcp14>MUST</bcp14>-level.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Clarified that "currently" means at "at the time that this document is published.</t> was published".</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added a note about priming and RFC 8806.</t>
        </li>
        <li>
          <t>Added a reference to research about discontinued root server addresses.</t>

</list></t>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section title='Acknowledgements'> numbered="false" toc="default">
      <name>Acknowledgements</name>
      <t>RFC 8109 was the product of the DNSOP WG and benefitted benefited from the reviews done there.
This document also benefitted benefited from review by Duane Wessels.</t> <contact fullname="Duane Wessels"/>.</t>
    </section>
  </back>

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