Requirements for Management of Name Servers for the DNS
RFC 6168
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) W. Hardaker
Request for Comments: 6168 Sparta, Inc.
Category: Informational May 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721
Requirements for Management of Name Servers for the DNS
Abstract
Management of name servers for the Domain Name System (DNS) has
traditionally been done using vendor-specific monitoring,
configuration, and control methods. Although some service monitoring
platforms can test the functionality of the DNS itself, there is not
an interoperable way to manage (monitor, control, and configure) the
internal aspects of a name server itself.
This document discusses the requirements of a management system for
name servers and can be used as a shopping list of needed features
for such a system.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
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approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3. Document Layout and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Management Architecture Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Expected Deployment Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.1. Zone Size Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2. Name Server Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3. Configuration Data Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.4. Protocol Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.5. Common Data Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.6. Operational Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2. Name Server Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. Management Operation Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. Control Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1.1. Needed Control Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1.2. Asynchronous Status Notifications . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2. Configuration Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.1. Served Zone Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.2. Trust Anchor Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.3. Security Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.4. TSIG Key Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2.5. DNS Protocol Authorization Management . . . . . . . . 10
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