WG ACTION: DNS Extensions (dnsext)

[The IESG <[e-mail]>]

A new working group has been formed in the Internet Area of the
IETF.  For additional information, contact the Area Directors or the WG
Chair.

DNS Extensions (dnsext)
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 Current Status: Active Working Group
 
 Chair(s):
     Olafur Gudmundsson <[e-mail]>
     Randy Bush <[e-mail]>
 
 Internet Area Director(s): 
     Thomas Narten  <[e-mail]>
     Erik Nordmark  <[e-mail]>
 
 Internet Area Advisor: 
     Erik Nordmark  <[e-mail]>
 
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Description of Working Group:
 
The DNSEXT Working Group has assumed the RFCs and drafts of both the
DNSSEC and DNSIND working groups.  DNS is originally specified in
RFC's 1034 and 1035, with subsequent updates.  Within the scope of
this WG are protocol issues, including message formats, message
handling, and data formats. New work items and milestones may be added
from time-to-time with the approval of the Working Group and the IESG.

Issues surrounding the operation of DNS, recommendations concerning
the configuration of DNS servers, and other issues with the use of the
protocol are out of this Working Group's charter.  These issues are
considered in other venues, such as operational issues in the DNS
Operations Working Group.

Broad topics under consideration in DNSEXT are dynamic update, notify,
zone transfers, security and adjustments to address the requirements
of IPv6 addressing.  Security topics, mostly inherited from the
erstwhile DNS Security Extensions Working Group, will be addressed in
cooperation with the DNS Operations Working Group.

The principal task within this Working Group is to advance several
documents describing proposed extensions to DNS. The current list of
documents under consideration for advancement is:

  Title                       RFC               Status


  DNS Server MIB Extensions   RFC1611           Proposed

  DNS Resolver MIB Extensions RFC1612           Proposed

  Serial Number Arithmetic    RFC1982           Proposed

  Incremental Zone transfer   RFC1995           Proposed

  Notify                      RFC1996           Proposed

  DNS SRV service location    RFC2052           Experimental

  Dynamic Update              RFC2136           Proposed

  Security for Dynamic Update RFC2137           Proposed

  Clarification to DNS        RFC2181           Proposed

  Negative Caching            RFC2308           Proposed

  DNS Security Extensions     RFC2535           Proposed

  DSA KEYs and SIGs           RFC2536           Proposed

  RSA KEYs and SIGs           RFC2537           Proposed

  Storing Certificates        RFC2538           Proposed

  Diffie-Hellman Keys         RFC2539           Proposed

  Extensions to DNS0          RFC2671           Proposed

  Non-Terminal DNS names      RFC2672           Proposed

  Binary Labels               RFC2673           Proposed

Other specific work items are:


  o TSIG - transaction signatures in (dnsind-tsig-xx.txt)

  o TKEY - Secret Key establishment for DNS (dnsind-tkey-xx.txt)

  o Securing dynamic update (dnsind-simple-secure-update-xx.txt)

  o Protocol clarifications and corrections for DNSSEC
      (draft-ietf-dnsind-sig-zero-xx.txt)
      (draft-ietf-dnsind-zone-secure-xx.txt)

  o Clarifications for IANA in DNS assignments
      (draft-ietf-dnsind-iana-dns-xx.txt)

 o Documentation of the zone transfer protocol (AXFR)

 o Retirement of DNS MIB's RFC's


New work items may be added from time-to-time with the approval of the
Working Group and the IESG.
 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
   Dec 99       Advance RFC2052bis to RFC.                                     

   Jan 00       Advance RFC1996 for Draft standard.                            

   Jan 00       Advance TKEY and IANA considerations for IESG consideration    

   Feb 00       SIG(0) advanced for IESG consideration                         

   Feb 00       RFC1995bis and AXFR advanced for Proposed                      

   Mar 00       RFC2136bis advanced for Proposed standard                      

   Mar 00       IXFR (RFC1995bis) interoperabilty testing complete             

   Apr 00       Serial Number Arithmetic, Notify and DNS Clarify advanced to 
                Draft Standard.                                                

   Apr 00       RFC1611 and RFC1612 status chaned to historic.                 

   May 00       RFC2308bis advanced for IESG consideration.                    

   May 00       Secure update completed and ready for IESG consideration       

   May 00       RFC2137 Obsoleted                                              

   Jun 00       Request that TSIG be advanced to Draft Standard                

   Jul 00       Revised DNSSEC submitted for advancement to Draft Standard