Network Working Group M. Blanchet Internet-Draft Viagenie Obsoletes: 7720 (if approved) L. Liman Intended status: Best Current Practice Netnod Internet Exchangen Expires: 18 August 2023 W. Hardaker USC/ISI 14 February 2023 DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements draft-hardaker-iab-rfc7720-bis-00 Abstract The DNS root name service is a critical part of the Internet architecture. The DNS root name service's DNS protocol and deployment requirements are defined in this document. Operational requirements for the root name service are out of scope. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Revised BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Revised BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1. Relationship to RFC2870 and RFC7720 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Deployment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Appendix A. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Appendix B. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. Introduction This document co-exists with a corresponding operational requirements document published by the Root Server System Advisory Committee of ICANN in [RSSAC-001] or any subsequent version. Although intricately tied together, both of these documents may be updated at any time to reflect required updates to the protocol, deployment and operational requirements. Further notes about the history of these documents is discussed in Appendix A. The root servers are authoritative servers of the unique [RFC2826] root zone (".") [ROOTZONE]. They currently also serve the root- servers.net zone. Some also serve the zone for the .arpa top-level domain [ARPAZONE] [RFC3172], although at the time of this writing there are plans to move the service for the .arpa top-level domain to different infrastructure [RFC9120]. This document describes the external interface of the root name servers from a protocol viewpoint of the service. It specifies basic requirements for the Internet that DNS clients meet when interacting with a root name service over the public Internet. Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 2] Internet-Draft RSS Requirements February 2023 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here. 1.1. Relationship to RFC2870 and RFC7720 This document obsoletes both [RFC2870] and [RFC7720]. 2. Protocol Requirements This section describes the minimum high-level protocol requirements. The root name service: * MUST implement core DNS [RFC1035] and clarifications to the DNS [RFC2181]. * MUST support IPv4 [RFC0791] and IPv6 [RFC2460] transport of DNS queries and responses. * MUST support UDP [RFC0768] and TCP [RFC0793] transport of DNS queries and responses. * MUST generate checksums when sending UDP datagrams and MUST verify checksums when receiving UDP datagrams containing a non-zero checksum. * MUST implement DNSSEC [RFC4035] as an authoritative name service. * MUST implement extension mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0)) [RFC6891]. * MUST support distributing Message Digests for DNS Zones [RFC8976]. * MAY support validating Message Digests for DNS Zones [RFC8976]. 3. Deployment Requirements The root name service: * MUST answer queries from any entity conforming to [RFC1122] with a valid IP address. * MUST serve the unique [RFC2826] root zone [ROOTZONE]. Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 3] Internet-Draft RSS Requirements February 2023 4. Security Considerations This document does not specify a new protocol. However, the root name service is a key component of the Internet architecture and plays a key role into the overall security of the Internet [RFC2826]. Specific security considerations on the DNS protocols are discussed in their respective specifications. The security considerations on the operational side of the root name servers are discussed in the corresponding document published by RSSAC ([RSSAC-001] or a subsequent version). 5. References 5.1. Normative References [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . 5.2. Informative References [ARPAZONE] IANA, ".ARPA Zone Management", n.d., . [RFC0768] Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768, DOI 10.17487/RFC0768, August 1980, . [RFC0791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, DOI 10.17487/RFC0791, September 1981, . [RFC0793] Postel, J., "Transmission Control Protocol", RFC 793, DOI 10.17487/RFC0793, September 1981, . [RFC1035] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, DOI 10.17487/RFC1035, November 1987, . [RFC1122] Braden, R., Ed., "Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers", STD 3, RFC 1122, DOI 10.17487/RFC1122, October 1989, . [RFC2181] Elz, R. and R. Bush, "Clarifications to the DNS Specification", RFC 2181, DOI 10.17487/RFC2181, July 1997, . Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 4] Internet-Draft RSS Requirements February 2023 [RFC2460] Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, DOI 10.17487/RFC2460, December 1998, . [RFC2826] Internet Architecture Board, "IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root", RFC 2826, DOI 10.17487/RFC2826, May 2000, . [RFC2870] Bush, R., Karrenberg, D., Kosters, M., and R. Plzak, "Root Name Server Operational Requirements", RFC 2870, DOI 10.17487/RFC2870, June 2000, . [RFC3172] Huston, G., Ed., "Management Guidelines & Operational Requirements for the Address and Routing Parameter Area Domain ("arpa")", BCP 52, RFC 3172, DOI 10.17487/RFC3172, September 2001, . [RFC4035] Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S. Rose, "Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security Extensions", RFC 4035, DOI 10.17487/RFC4035, March 2005, . [RFC6891] Damas, J., Graff, M., and P. Vixie, "Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))", STD 75, RFC 6891, DOI 10.17487/RFC6891, April 2013, . [RFC7720] Blanchet, M. and L-J. Liman, "DNS Root Name Service Protocol and Deployment Requirements", BCP 40, RFC 7720, DOI 10.17487/RFC7720, December 2015, . [RFC8976] Wessels, D., Barber, P., Weinberg, M., Kumari, W., and W. Hardaker, "Message Digest for DNS Zones", RFC 8976, DOI 10.17487/RFC8976, February 2021, . [RFC9120] Davies, K. and J. Arkko, "Nameservers for the Address and Routing Parameter Area ("arpa") Domain", RFC 9120, DOI 10.17487/RFC9120, October 2021, . [ROOTZONE] IANA, "Root Zone", n.d., . Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 5] Internet-Draft RSS Requirements February 2023 [RSSAC-001] Root Server System Advisory Committee, "Service Expectations of Root Servers", 2015, . Appendix A. History [RFC2870] originally discussed both the protocol and operational requirements for root name servers for the Internet's domain name system (DNS) protocol [RFC1035]. Since its initial publication, both protocol and operational requirements have evolved. The protocol requirements was later split into [RFC7720] and the operational requirements was moved to [RSSAC-001] and published by ICANN's Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC). These two documents functionally replaced [RFC2870]. Similarly, this document now functionally replaces [RFC7720]. As both of these requirement sets are expected to evolve over time, the authors of both document sets hope to always keep them roughly in synchronization. However, the latest version of both of these two documents should be consider the most recent set of requirements regardless of whether they were published together or separately. Appendix B. Acknowledgements This document was prepared by the ICANN RSSAC Caucus with participation of many Caucus members. Much of this text is a rearrangement and restatement of [RFC7720], which itself contains text was taken from [RFC2870]. The editors of this document would like to sincerely thank the following individuals for valuable contributions to the text of [RFC7720]: Andrew Sullivan, Simon Perreault, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Dave Thaler, Russ Housley, Alissa Cooper, Joe Abley, Joao Damas, Daniel Karrenberg, Jacques Latour, Eliot Lear, Bill Manning, David Conrad, Paul Hoffman, Terry Manderson, Jari Arkko, and Mark Andrews. Authors' Addresses M Blanchet Viagenie Email: Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.ca Lars-Johan Liman Netnod Internet Exchangen Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 6] Internet-Draft RSS Requirements February 2023 Email: liman@netnod.se Wes Hardaker USC/ISI Email: ietf@hardakers.net Blanchet, et al. Expires 18 August 2023 [Page 7]