[dns-resolver-tf] Draft Minutes - DNS Resolver Best Common Practice Task Force - 26 September 2023

Thanks

I will follow up on the remaining issues.


On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 4:36 AM Boris Duval <bduval at ripe.net> wrote:

> Dear TF members,
>
> Here are the minutes from our last call.
>
> Cheers,
> Boris
>
> ***
>
> Tuesday, 26 September 2023 17:00 (UTC+2)
>
> Attendees: Maarten Aertsen, Farzaneh Badii, Shane Kerr, Andronikos
> Kyriakou, Tim Wicinski, János Zsakó
>
> Scribe: Boris Duval
>
>
> -- RFC 8932
> Maarten drafted a text referring to RFC 8932 (DNS Privacy Service
> Operators), mentioning that the task force's advice was to apply this RFC
> at a specific level (minimum compliance). The text also deals with how to
> structure a meaningful privacy statement, a topic that has been raised at
> previous meetings. As far as QNAME minimization is concerned, this RFC
> should also cover it.
>
> -- Dealing with obsolete references
> The task force discussed how to deal with references in the document that
> might be obsolete in the future and decided to add a reader warning to this
> effect. This warning could also cover other topics such as staff training.
> Maarten volunteered to draft this text.
>
> -- Certifications
> The task force discussed referencing ISO 27001 or equivalent standards as
> best practice. The task force agreed in principle, but still needs to work
> out how to reference them in the document.
>
> -- Human right principles
> Farzaneh told the task force that Cloudflare and Quad9 were mentioning
> human rights principles in their privacy practices. The task force agreed
> to point out that some operators have made commitments to human rights in
> general in the document. Farzaneh volunteered to draft this text.
>
> -- Audits
> Farzaneh said that some operators, such as Cloudfare, have been audited
> for privacy. The task force felt that it would be good to make a reference
> to this in the document, but that operators shouldn't be pushed to do
> audits because of certain limitations. Farzaneh volunteered to draft this
> text.
>
> -- Wording of the filtering section
> Farzaneh worked on a new wording for the filtering section, which she will
> send to the task force for review.
>
> -- Blocking practices
> Farzaneh spoke about blocking practices, referring to MLATs (Mutual Legal
> Assistance Treaties) - requests to block another country. The task force
> said that this could be mentioned in the document at a high-level pointing
> out to a few examples. Farzaneh volunteered to draft this text.
>
> -- Transparency reports
> Farzanaeh mentioned transparency reports for operators. The task force
> agreed that it could be mentioned as best practices.
>
> -- Community blocklist
> Farzaneh raised the topic of blocklists and asked whether the task force
> should make any recommendations.
>
> Recommendations could include that blocklists should be monitored by third
> parties, that blocked individuals should have the right to appeal, and that
> periodic reviews should be carried out to ensure that no one is blocked by
> mistake. The level of detail regarding blocklists should be defined before
> being incorporated into the document.
>
>
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