Re: [dnsext] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5155 (4622)

Ben Laurie <ben@links.org> Sat, 20 February 2016 20:43 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5155 (4622)
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Me, too, though it could be more economically expressed as "no _other_ RR
types exist...".

On 19 February 2016 at 16:37, Blacka, David <davidb@verisign.com> wrote:

>
> > On Feb 19, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Brian Haberman <brian@innovationslab.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have an opinion on the validity of this erratum? It seems
> > like a reasonable clarification in my reading.
>
> The clarification looks correct and reasonable to me.
>
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > On 2/17/16 8:36 PM, RFC Errata System wrote:
> >> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5155,
> >> "DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial of Existence".
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------
> >> You may review the report below and at:
> >> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5155&eid=4622
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------
> >> Type: Technical
> >> Reported by: Robert Edmonds <edmonds@mycre.ws>
> >>
> >> Section: 7.2.8
> >>
> >> Original Text
> >> -------------
> >> 7.2.8.  Responding to Queries for NSEC3 Owner Names
> >>
> >>   The owner names of NSEC3 RRs are not represented in the NSEC3 RR
> >>   chain like other owner names.  As a result, each NSEC3 owner name is
> >>   covered by another NSEC3 RR, effectively negating the existence of
> >>   the NSEC3 RR.  This is a paradox, since the existence of an NSEC3 RR
> >>   can be proven by its RRSIG RRSet.
> >>
> >>   If the following conditions are all true:
> >>
> >>   o  the QNAME equals the owner name of an existing NSEC3 RR, and
> >>
> >>   o  no RR types exist at the QNAME, nor at any descendant of QNAME,
> >>
> >>   then the response MUST be constructed as a Name Error response
> >>   (Section 7.2.2).  Or, in other words, the authoritative name server
> >>   will act as if the owner name of the NSEC3 RR did not exist.
> >>
> >>
> >> Corrected Text
> >> --------------
> >> 7.2.8.  Responding to Queries for NSEC3 Owner Names
> >>
> >>   The owner names of NSEC3 RRs are not represented in the NSEC3 RR
> >>   chain like other owner names.  As a result, each NSEC3 owner name is
> >>   covered by another NSEC3 RR, effectively negating the existence of
> >>   the NSEC3 RR.  This is a paradox, since the existence of an NSEC3 RR
> >>   can be proven by its RRSIG RRSet.
> >>
> >>   If the following conditions are all true:
> >>
> >>   o  the QNAME equals the owner name of an existing NSEC3 RR, and
> >>
> >>   o  no RR types exist at the QNAME besides NSEC3, nor at any
> >>      descendant of QNAME,
> >>
> >>   then the response MUST be constructed as a Name Error response
> >>   (Section 7.2.2).  Or, in other words, the authoritative name server
> >>   will act as if the owner name of the NSEC3 RR did not exist.
> >>
> >>
> >> Notes
> >> -----
> >> If the QNAME is equal to the owner name of an existing NSEC3 RR, then
> the NSEC3 RR type itself will exist at the QNAME, and the second condition
> will always be false.
> >>
> >> Instructions:
> >> -------------
> >> This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please
> >> use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or
> >> rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party (IESG)
> >> can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary.
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------
> >> RFC5155 (draft-ietf-dnsext-nsec3-13)
> >> --------------------------------------
> >> Title               : DNS Security (DNSSEC) Hashed Authenticated Denial
> of Existence
> >> Publication Date    : March 2008
> >> Author(s)           : B. Laurie, G. Sisson, R. Arends, D. Blacka
> >> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> >> Source              : DNS Extensions
> >> Area                : Internet
> >> Stream              : IETF
> >> Verifying Party     : IESG
> >>
> >
>
> --
> David Blacka                          <davidb@verisign.com>
> Distinguished Engineer                Verisign Product Engineering
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