Re: [DNSOP] Delegation acceptance checks [was: Re: [Ext] WGLC rfc8499bis one week extension for lame delegation definition]

[Kim Davies <[e-mail]>]

Quoting John Levine on Saturday May 06, 2023:
> >The IANA Function Operator does so for all ccTLDs (which would imply all TLDs).
> 
> Indeed, but some of them are lame anyway.  Here's today's report:
> ... 
> There are 96 more that timed out but I can't tell whether they really aren't there or it's a temporary network issue.

The IANA tests are only performed in the context of a change request
being processed. The current approach was put in place where there
was sensitivity against IANA monitoring TLDs. A third-party study was
commissioned last year that interviewed TLD operators and recommended
that approach evolve to proactive monitoring, so moving in that
direction is now something we are planning for.

With that said, I think the root zone is probably not an instructive
use case for the broader question. Unlike typical zones, at the root it
can be said every delegation is to critical Internet infrastructure and
therefore the calculus around process complexity and efficiency would be
weighted differently.

kim