Domain Name System Operations (dnsop)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2008-12-16

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Peter Koch  <pk@ISOC.DE>
     Rob Austein  <sra@hactrn.net>

 Operations and Management Area Director(s):
     Dan Romascanu  <dromasca@avaya.com>
     Ronald Bonica  <rbonica@juniper.net>

 Operations and Management Area Advisor:
     Ronald Bonica  <rbonica@juniper.net>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:dnsop@ietf.org
     To Subscribe:      http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
     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:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
------ ------- --------------------------------------------
Jun 2006 Feb 2009   <draft-ietf-dnsop-default-local-zones-08.txt>
                Locally-served DNS Zones 

Feb 2008 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-dnsop-dnssec-trust-anchor-03.txt>
                DNSSEC Trust Anchor Configuration and Maintenance 

Aug 2008 Feb 2009   <draft-ietf-dnsop-name-server-management-reqs-02.txt>
                Requirements for Management of Name Servers for the DNS 

Mar 2009 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc4641bis-01.txt>
                DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2 

 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 

RFC5358BCP  Oct 2008    Preventing Use of Recursive Nameservers in Reflector 
                       Attacks