A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6781 Title: DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2 Author: O. Kolkman, W. Mekking, R. Gieben Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: December 2012 Mailbox: olaf@nlnetlabs.nl, matthijs@nlnetlabs.nl, miek.gieben@sidn.nl Pages: 71 Characters: 161581 Obsoletes: RFC4641 I-D Tag: draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc4641bis-13.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6781.txt This document describes a set of practices for operating the DNS with security extensions (DNSSEC). The target audience is zone administrators deploying DNSSEC. The document discusses operational aspects of using keys and signatures in the DNS. It discusses issues of key generation, key storage, signature generation, key rollover, and related policies. This document obsoletes RFC 4641, as it covers more operational ground and gives more up-to-date requirements with respect to key sizes and the DNSSEC operations. This document is a product of the Domain Name System Operations Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC