The DNS WG at RIPE 39
o Thursday 09:00 - 11:25
o Chair: Ruediger Volk
o Scribe: Olaf Kolkman, Daniel Diaz, RIPE NCC
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o 86 participants (+)
DNS WG Agenda
o Administrivia
o Reports (IETF, Software, Other)
o Documents
o Issue Areas
+ IDN
+ IPv6
+ DNSSEC>
+ Root Servers>
+ Operational Testing
o Security / Abuse
o I/O with other WGs
o Suggestions for DNS-WG @ RIPE 40, Praha
o AOB
Reports
o IETF
o Jim Reid, Nominum - "status and future of BIND"
+ 8.2.4 soon, 8.3 on agenda (with IPv6 resolver)
+ 9.2 later this year with more config file options, better
performance, better cache management
+ 9.3 planned for end 2001
+ problem: funding for ISC and Nominum's work on BIND
The Document Trilogy
o No progress on "very long" document
draft-koch-ripe-dns-setup-guide-01.txt
since RIPE 38
o final draft to be discussed before/at RIPE 40
o input needed
Status of DNS Internationalization
o Patrik Faltstrom - IETF Apps AD
o names vs. identifiers
o what is equality?
o nameprep algorithm, ACE
o patent issues (Walid, Inc.)
o IETF IDN WG stalled
o only(?) alternative to IDNA is "just send UTF8" - with
all (negative) consequences
IPv6 support
o AAAA vs. A6
o bitstring vs. nibble reverse mapping
o INT vs. ARPA
o There is no *decision* yet
DNSSEC
o DISI project at RIPE NCC
o General worries about increasing complexity
o Need/Want Tools and Tests
"No user servicable parts inside"
o Presented by Bill Manning
o Testing of new features / RR types on standards track
o Community demand: IPv6 forum, DNSSEC efforts, IDN
o Funded project to determine impact of / gather experience with new
protocol elements
o Larger scale than a lab environment
o Uses ICANN Root data to test technical setup
o Works with and reports through RSSAC
o Will deliver statements on operational impact before going "live"
Security
o TSIG needs NTP
o "caveat administrator": NTP vulnerabilities may affect nameservers
wrap up
o I/O with other WGs: none
o RIPE 40:
+ Chair (RV32) to circulate Agenda well in advance
+ PK46-RIPE to submit final "very long document" draft well in
advance
o AOB: none
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