Domain Name System Operations (dnsop)

Last Modified: 2010-03-16

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Chair(s):

Operations and Management Area Director(s):

Operations and Management Area Advisor:

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion: dnsop@ietf.org
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Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/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
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:

DNS Referral Response Size Issues (27024 bytes)
Locally-served DNS Zones (26910 bytes)
I'm Being Attacked by PRISONER.IANA.ORG! (17657 bytes)
AS112 Nameserver Operations (35035 bytes)
DNSSEC Trust Anchor Configuration and Maintenance (21707 bytes)
Requirements for Management of Name Servers for the DNS (37033 bytes)
DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2 (158702 bytes)
DNSSEC Policy & Practice Statement Framework (64950 bytes)
DNSSEC Key Timing Considerations (71326 bytes)

Request For Comments:

Root Name Server Operational Requirements (RFC 2870) (21133 bytes) obsoletes RFC 2010
Distributing Authorittative Name Servers via Shared Unicast Addresses (RFC 3258) (22195 bytes)
DNS IPv6 transport operational guidelines (RFC 3901) (10025 bytes)
Common Misbehavior against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses (RFC 4074) (13073 bytes)
IPv6 Host Configuration of DNS Server Information Approaches (RFC 4339) (60803 bytes)
Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6 DNS (RFC 4472) (68882 bytes)
DNSSEC Operational Practices (RFC 4641) (79894 bytes) obsoletes RFC 2541
Observed DNS Resolution Misbehavior (RFC 4697) (45187 bytes)
Requirements for a Mechanism Identifying a Name Server Instance (RFC 4892) (17605 bytes)
Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector Attacks (RFC 5358) (14957 bytes)