PROTO write-up for draft-ietf-dnsext-xnamercode Template version 2008-09-17 2012-01-20 (1.a) Who is the Document Shepherd for this document? Has the Document Shepherd personally reviewed this version of the document and, in particular, does he or she believe this version is ready for forwarding to the IESG for publication? Andrew Sullivan; yes; yes. (1.b) Has the document had adequate review both from key WG members and from key non-WG members? Does the Document Shepherd have any concerns about the depth or breadth of the reviews that have been performed? It was reviewed by five DNSEXT WG reviewers who said they supported publication. It has not been reviewed to my knowledge outside DNSEXT, but it is related specifically to clarification of how the DNS protocol works. (1.c) Does the Document Shepherd have concerns that the document needs more review from a particular or broader perspective, e.g., security, operational complexity, someone familiar with AAA, internationalization or XML? No. (1.d) Does the Document Shepherd have any specific concerns or issues with this document that the Responsible Area Director and/or the IESG should be aware of? For example, perhaps he or she is uncomfortable with certain parts of the document, or has concerns whether there really is a need for it. In any event, if the WG has discussed those issues and has indicated that it still wishes to advance the document, detail those concerns here. Has an IPR disclosure related to this document been filed? If so, please include a reference to the disclosure and summarize the WG discussion and conclusion on this issue. No specific concerns. There is no IPR disclosure related to this document as far as I am aware. (1.e) How solid is the WG consensus behind this document? Does it represent the strong concurrence of a few individuals, with others being silent, or does the WG as a whole understand and agree with it? It is not clear. The document originally failed to reach the minimum number of reviewers during WGLC, which suggested that it has not been widely reviewed. Its recommendations, however, appear to be in line with a general agreement on the mailing list about how to clarify this issue. DNSEXT documents often do not attract as much review as we might like, but when it was announced that this document would die, more reviewers came forward in its support; nobody objected. (1.f) Has anyone threatened an appeal or otherwise indicated extreme discontent? If so, please summarize the areas of conflict in separate email messages to the Responsible Area Director. (It should be in a separate email because this questionnaire is entered into the ID Tracker.) No. (1.g) Has the Document Shepherd personally verified that the document satisfies all ID nits? (See the Internet-Drafts Checklist and http://tools.ietf.org/tools/idnits/). Boilerplate checks are not enough; this check needs to be thorough. Has the document met all formal review criteria it needs to, such as the MIB Doctor, media type and URI type reviews? Nits checked. There are no other review criteria. (1.h) Has the document split its references into normative and informative? Are there normative references to documents that are not ready for advancement or are otherwise in an unclear state? If such normative references exist, what is the strategy for their completion? Are there normative references that are downward references, as described in [RFC3967]? If so, list these downward references to support the Area Director in the Last Call procedure for them [RFC3967]. References are ok. (1.i) Has the Document Shepherd verified that the document IANA consideration section exists and is consistent with the body of the document? If the document specifies protocol extensions, are reservations requested in appropriate IANA registries? Are the IANA registries clearly identified? If the document creates a new registry, does it define the proposed initial contents of the registry and an allocation procedure for future registrations? Does it suggest a reasonable name for the new registry? See [RFC5226]. If the document describes an Expert Review process has Shepherd conferred with the Responsible Area Director so that the IESG can appoint the needed Expert during the IESG Evaluation? The IANA Considerations section exists and may be removed at publication time. A note to this effect is included. (1.j) Has the Document Shepherd verified that sections of the document that are written in a formal language, such as XML code, BNF rules, MIB definitions, etc., validate correctly in an automated checker? There are no such sections. (1.k) The IESG approval announcement includes a Document Announcement Write-Up. Please provide such a Document Announcement Write-Up? Recent examples can be found in the "Action" announcements for approved documents. The approval announcement contains the following sections: Technical Summary This memo clarifies how to set the RCODE and how to handle the AD and AA bits when processing chains of CNAMEs, DNAMEs, or any other similar (as yet uninvented) RRTYPE that performs name redirection. It addresses an ambiguity that has persisted in handling of these RRTYPEs since RFC 1034 was published. Working Group Summary This memo was reviewed by five reviewers of the DNS Extensions Working Group. It agrees with other discussions on the DNSEXT mailing list about how to handle these cases. Document Quality The memo agrees with the actual behaviour of many deployed DNS resolvers.