Domain Name System Operations (dnsop)
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Charter
Last Modified: 2007-08-22

Current Status: Active Working Group

Chair(s):
    Peter Koch  <[email protected]>
    Rob Austein  <[email protected]>

Operations and Management Area Director(s):
    Dan Romascanu  <[email protected]>
    Ronald Bonica  <[email protected]>

Operations and Management Area Advisor:
    Ronald Bonica  <[email protected]>

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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

  Done         Submit Identifying an Authoritative Name Server to IESG for
               Informational

  Done         Submit I-D: revised version of Considerations for the use of
               DNS Reverse Mapping

  Done         Submit I-D: revised version of Considerations for the use of
               DNS Reverse Mapping

  Sep 2007       Submit I-D: revised version of Considerations for the use of
               DNS Reverse Mapping

  Sep 2007       Submit I'm Being Attacked by PRISONER.IANA.ORG! to IESG for FYI

  Sep 2007       Submit Locally-served DNS Zones to IESG for BCP

  Oct 2007       Submit DNS Response Size Issues to IESG for Informational

  Dec 2007       Submit Considerations for the use of DNS Reverse Mapping to
               IESG for BCP

  Dec 2007       Submit AS112 Nameserver Operations to IESG for Informational

  Feb 2008       Submit Initializing a DNS Resolver with Priming Queries to IESG
               for BCP


Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Jun 2003 Dec 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-respsize-09.txt>
               DNS Referral Response Size Issues

May 2006 Dec 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-reflectors-are-evil-05.txt>
               Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector Attacks

Jun 2006 Dec 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-default-local-zones-04.txt>
               Locally-served DNS Zones

Sep 2006 Aug 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-reverse-mapping-considerations-05.txt>
               Considerations for the use of DNS Reverse Mapping

Feb 2007 Nov 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-as112-under-attack-help-help-01.txt>
               I'm Being Attacked by PRISONER.IANA.ORG!

Feb 2007 Nov 2007   <draft-ietf-dnsop-as112-ops-01.txt>
               AS112 Nameserver Operations

Feb 2008 Feb 2008   <draft-ietf-dnsop-dnssec-trust-anchor-01.txt>
               DNSSEC Trust Anchor Configuration and Maintenance

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

RFC4892 I    Jun 2007    Requirements for a Mechanism Identifying a Name Server
                      Instance