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2.3.6 Domain Name Server Operations (dnsop)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 52nd IETF Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah USA. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 16-Oct-01
Chair(s):
Lars-Johan Liman <liman@autonomica.se>
Ray Plzak <plzak@arin.net>
Operations and Management Area Director(s):
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Bert Wijnen <bwijnen@lucent.com>
Operations and Management Area Advisor:
Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Mailing Lists:
General Discussion:dnsop@cafax.se
To Subscribe: dnsop-request@cafax.se
Archive: http://www.cafax.se/dnsop/maillist/
Description of Working Group:
The DNS Operations Working Group will develop guidelines for the operation DNS name 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 domains. The group will perform the following activities:

1. Define the processes by which Domain Name System (DNS) servers may be efficiently and correctly administered, configured, and operated on Internet networks. This will include root zone name servers, gTLD name servers, and the name servers of other DNS domains. 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 servers.

2. Publish (or assume sponsorship for) documents concerning DNSSEC procedures.

3. Publish (or assume sponsorship for) documents concerning the education of new/novice DNS "users" (FYI-RFCs).

4. Identify performance measurement tools and evaluate their effectiveness.

The group sees four main areas with related documents:

Root Name Server Operational Requirements draft-bush-dnsop-root-opreq-00.txt Editor: Randy Bush

Multiple servers sharing the same IP address

Editor: Masataka Ohta

Zone KEY RRSet Signing Procedure draft-ietf-dnssec-key-handling-00.txt Editor: Edward Lewis

Performance and measuring Editors: Randy Bush & Michael Patton

Goals and Milestones:
Jun 99   Publish revised Root Server Requirements.
Jul 99   Publish revised version of Key Handling.
Jul 99   Publish first version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Sep 99   WG last call for Root Server Requirements.
Sep 99   Publish first version of Performance and Measuring.
Oct 99   Publish revised version of Key Handling.
Oct 99   Publish revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Nov 99   Submit Root Server Requirements to the IESG for consideration as Informational (BCP?).
Dec 99   Publish 2nd revised version of Servers Sharing IP#.
Jan 00   Publish revised version of Key Handling.
Feb 00   Publish revised Performance and Measuring.
Mar 00   WG last call for Key Handling.
Mar 00   WG last call for Servers Sharing IP#.
May 00   Publish revised Performance and Measuring.
May 00   Submit Servers Sharing IP# to the IESG for consideration as Informational.
Jun 00   Submit Key Handling to the IESG for consideration as BCP.
Aug 00   WG last call for Performance and Measuring.
Oct 00   Submit Performance and Measuring to the IESG for consideration as Informational.
Internet-Drafts:
Request For Comments:
RFCStatusTitle
RFC2870 Root Name Server Operational Requirements

Current Meeting Report

Minutes of the DNSOP WG
IETF 52
Salt Lake City, UT, US
2001-12-12 09:00-11:30

Prepared by Ray Plzak

1. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Lars-Johan Liman. The agenda was reviewed. There were no changes. The blue sheet was passed around to register attendance.

2. The following WG drafts were placed on hold awaiting resolution of related issues in the DNSEXT WG.

a. draft-ietf-dnsop-keyhand-NN.txt (Ed Lewis)
b. draft-ietf-dnsop-rollover-NN.txt (D. Eastlake, M. Andrews)
c. draft-ietf-dnsop-resolver-rollover-NN.txt (Olaf Kolkman)

3. draft-ietf-kitamura-ipv6-name-auto-reg-00.txt (Hiroshi Kitamura)

There was no presenter. Discussion was directed to the list.

4. draft-ietf-dnsop-dontpublish-unreachable-NN.txt (Philip Hazel)

There was no presenter. After brief discussion the chair noted that this discussion and that on the wg list indicated that there was a group consensus for the document. This document will go to last call with a recommendation to publish as a BCP.

5. draft-ietf-dnsop-bad-dns-res-00.txt (Matt Larson)

Matt presented the rationale for his draft. After discussion it was agreed that this document should be split into two documents - one to be a BCP because it contains operation recommendations and the other to be an Informational RFC.

6. draft-ietf-ngtrans-dns-ops-req-03.txt (Alain Durand)

Alain presented the rationale for his draft, which is under the ngtrans wg. He presented this to gain input for the document. There was no consensus from the group about the document. There was a general consensus that the ability of dns to operate in a mixed ipv4 and ipv6 environment did not have an apparent solution and that whatever solution was arrived at could be implemented without impacting the ipv4 environment and that there is a requirement for a set of tools to implement whatever solution was arrived at.

7. draft-ihren-dnsop-v6-name-space-fragment-00.txt (Johan Ihren)

Johan presented the rationale for his draft. There was a brief discussion of the draft. The document was accepted into the wg and will be discussed in detail on the list.

8. Review of charter and discussion of the status of the working group. (Liman)

The Chairman conducted a review of the charter and the status of the wg documents. In regard to the measurements effort the results of the measurements BOF to be conducted later will determine whether the wg continues effort in this area. The v4/v6 transport activity will be added to the charter. Bill Manning volunteered to collect measurement data and provide the information in a document.

9. Reports from projects and workshops. None.

10. AOB. None.

11. The meeting was adjourned.

Slides

None received.