Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)
RFC 3658
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(December 2003; No errata)
Updated by RFC 3755
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 3658 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Responsible AD | Thomas Narten | ||
| IESG note | Please start last call. | ||
| Send notices to | <okolkman@ripe.net> | ||
Network Working Group O. Gudmundsson
Request for Comments: 3658 December 2003
Updates: 3090, 3008, 2535, 1035
Category: Standards Track
Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The delegation signer (DS) resource record (RR) is inserted at a zone
cut (i.e., a delegation point) to indicate that the delegated zone is
digitally signed and that the delegated zone recognizes the indicated
key as a valid zone key for the delegated zone. The DS RR is a
modification to the DNS Security Extensions definition, motivated by
operational considerations. The intent is to use this resource
record as an explicit statement about the delegation, rather than
relying on inference.
This document defines the DS RR, gives examples of how it is used and
describes the implications on resolvers. This change is not
backwards compatible with RFC 2535. This document updates RFC 1035,
RFC 2535, RFC 3008 and RFC 3090.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Reserved Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Specification of the Delegation key Signer. . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Delegation Signer Record Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2. Protocol Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2.1. RFC 2535 2.3.4 and 3.4: Special Considerations
at Delegation Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2.1.1. Special processing for DS queries. . . 6
2.2.1.2. Special processing when child and an
ancestor share nameserver. . . . . . . 7
2.2.1.3. Modification on use of KEY RR in the
construction of Responses. . . . . . . 8
2.2.2. Signer's Name (replaces RFC3008 section 2.7). . 9
2.2.3. Changes to RFC 3090 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.3.1. RFC 3090: Updates to section 1:
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.3.2. RFC 3090 section 2.1: Globally
Secured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.3.3. RFC 3090 section 3: Experimental
Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.4. NULL KEY elimination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3. Comments on Protocol Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.4. Wire Format of the DS record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4.1. Justifications for Fields . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.5. Presentation Format of the DS Record. . . . . . . . . . 12
2.6. Transition Issues for Installed Base. . . . . . . . . . 12
2.6.1. Backwards compatibility with RFC 2535 and
RFC 1035. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.7. KEY and corresponding DS record example . . . . . . . . 13
3. Resolver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.1. DS Example" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2. Resolver Cost Estimates for DS Records" . . . . . . . . 15
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. Intellectual Property Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.1. Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.2. Informational References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9. Author's Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
10. Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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1. Introduction
Familiarity with the DNS system [RFC1035], DNS security extensions
[RFC2535], and DNSSEC terminology [RFC3090] is important.
Experience shows that when the same data can reside in two
administratively different DNS zones, the data frequently gets out of
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