The IESG has approved the following document: - 'DNS Attrleaf Changes: Fixing Specifications with Underscored Node Name Use' (draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf-fix-07.txt) as Best Current Practice This document is the product of the Domain Name System Operations Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Warren Kumari and Ignas Bagdonas. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-attrleaf-fix/ Technical Summary Original uses of an underscore character as a domain node name prefix, which creates a space for constrained interpretation of resource records, were specified without the benefit of an IANA registry. This produced an entirely uncoordinated set of name- creation activities, all drawing from the same namespace. A registry now has been defined. However the existing specifications that use underscore naming need to be modified, to be in line with the new registry. This document specifies those changes. The changes preserve existing software and operational practice, while adapting the specifications for those practices to the newer underscore registry model. Working Group Summary This document has a very long history, with multiple, extended periods of hiatus. It's recent activity received substantial working group participant commentary that produced substantial changes to the design of the proposed registry. The latest rounds comments were primarily about minor editorial points or clarification of implications, rather than changes to the design. Multiple participants have commented on the work, over time and recently. They are cited in the document Acknowledgements section. WG criticism of the original design approach produced at least two major revisions to the design. Document Quality This work is explicitly designed to require no software or operational changes. Changes are restricted to the relevant IETF documents, to use standard registry processes. There are no other reviewers that merit special mentioning. Personnel Benno Overeinder is Document Shepherd. Warren Kumari is RAD :-)
