A modified charter has been submitted for the DNS Extensions (dnsext) working group in the Internet Area of the IETF. The IESG has not made any determination as yet. The modified charter is provided below for informational purposes only. Please send your comments to the IESG mailing list (iesg@ietf.org) by Tuesday, November 30, 2010. DNS Extensions (dnsext) --------------------------------------------- Status: Active Working Group Last updated: 2010-11-09 Chairs: Olafur Gudmundsson <ogud@ogud.com> Andrew Sullivan <ajs@shinkuro.com> Internet Area Directors: Ralph Droms <rdroms.ietf@gmail.com> Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Internet Area Advisor: Ralph Droms <rdroms.ietf@gmail.com> Mailing Lists: Address: dnsext@ietf.org To Subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsext Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/dnsext/ Description of Working Group: The DNS has a large installed base and repertoire of protocol specifications. The DNSEXT working group will actively advance DNS protocol-related RFCs on the standards track while thoroughly reviewing further proposed extensions. The scope of the DNSEXT WG is confined to the DNS protocol, particularly changes that affect DNS protocols "on the wire" or the internal processing of DNS data. DNS operations are out of scope for the WG. The WG will consider work in the following areas: * DNSSEC and TSIG/TKEY algorithm maintenance * Mechanisms that complement, or are alternatives to, TSIG and SIG(0) * Hardening DNS protocol and providing guidance to implementers * Advancing existing DNS-related Proposed Standard RFCs to Draft/Full Standard * Obsoleting DNS-related RFCs * Maintaining a Wiki containing a guide to DNS protocol RFCs * Improving DNS zone synchronization mechanisms * Examining transport protocols, possibly adding new ones. * Mechanisms to alias DNS trees or parts thereof While the DNS offers two mechanisms for aliasing DNS labels -- CNAME and DNAME -- neither of these provides the support necessary to alias completely one part of the DNS tree as another part. There are claims that the restriction has proven to be too great in practice, particularly with burgeoning deployment of IDNA and the need to provide domain name variants. The issue is made more complex by DNSSEC The DNSEXT WG will evaluate ways to provide such aliasing, to add metadata to zones to allow easier operation of zones when such aliasing is needed, or both. The WG will also provide an informational document outlining the various strategies available, what they might be used for, and what their limitations are. It is possible that the WG will conclude no aliasing or metadata support is possible, or that none of the proposals so far made are adequate. Before formal adoption of any work item at least 5 working group participants must publicly state that the item is within charter and is a worthwhile item for further study. The DNSEXT WG will conduct the specified RFC5395 review of RR templates as they are posted, and EDNS0 Option templates if EDNS0-bis updates registration requirements. The WG will review DNS protocol related work which may originate elsewhere in the IETF, including AD-sponsored submissions or drafts in other working group. Goals and Milestones: Done AXFR Clarify to IESG Done DNS existing transport protocol recommendations/clarifications to IESG Dec 2010 RFC3597-bis Unknown RR advanced to IESG for PS Dec 2010 DNSKEY Registry fixes and allocation procedure advanced to IESG Dec 2010 EDNS0-bis update advanced to IESG Dec 2010 TSIG/MD5 Obsoleting to IESG Dec 2010 IXFR-only to IESG Jan 2011 DNSSEC Errata document to IESG Jul 2011 WG consensus on new or revised RRTYPEs for aliasing work Jul 2011 Interoperation testing on new or revised RRTYPEs (particularly with existing deployed code) Nov 2011 Document on new RRTYPE or revised RRTYPE handling for alias to IESG Nov 2011 Document on in-zone metadata for aliases to IESG Nov 2011 Document on uses and limitations of different alias techniques to IESG _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
