[dnssec-key-tf] Proposed Mesage to IANA
Daniel Karrenberg
Wed Apr 16 14:45:55 CEST 2008
Typos corrected, colloquial wording formalised, easy comments folded in. Only thing missing is Joao's comment re verification/secure channel. Looking for guidance there. Did I miss anything else? Diff only this time, but with context: ------ *** iana-keyrep.txt 2008/04/16 12:34:16 1.3 --- iana-keyrep.txt 2008/04/16 12:42:37 *************** *** 2,8 **** Dear Barbara, thank you for your note about the proposed DS key registry for TLDs. ! The RIPE DNS working group (DNS WG) force welcomes this development. We would like to see IANA providing such a registry as soon as possible. As you know we have developed a set of requirements for such a repository. As these may be useful for you when implementing --- 2,8 ---- Dear Barbara, thank you for your note about the proposed DS key registry for TLDs. ! The RIPE DNS working group (DNS WG) welcomes this development. We would like to see IANA providing such a registry as soon as possible. As you know we have developed a set of requirements for such a repository. As these may be useful for you when implementing *************** *** 10,31 **** [1] The registry should be technology neutral. It should not exclude or ! prevent different flavours of trust anchors to be published, provided ! provided those trust anchors conform to the relevant standards. ! [2] The TAR should be OS/DNS implementation neutral. Tools and ! documentation should be provided for the common platforms: "here's how ! to transform this crypto gunk into stuff to plug into your ! resolver/server configuration". ! Comment: IANA should publish such docmentation and tools, or pointers to them. Once we know details of repository, we can help putting together this documentation. ! [3] The TAR should verify that the keying material it receives comes ! from authorised source, verify it is correctly formatted and verify ! it is consisten with what is published in the TLD zone before publishing it. ! There should also be a secure channel for authenticating the TAR and any data it is publishing. Comment: Using the same channels IANA uses to receive update requests to the --- 10,30 ---- [1] The registry should be technology neutral. It should not exclude or ! prevent different flavors of trust anchors to be published, provided ! those trust anchors conform to the relevant standards. ! [2] The registry should be OS/DNS implementation neutral. Tools and ! documentation should be provided for use of the repository with common ! DNS resolver and name server platforms. ! Comment: IANA should publish such documentation and tools, or pointers to them. Once we know details of repository, we can help putting together this documentation. ! [3] The registry should verify that the keying material it receives comes ! from an authorised source, verify it is correctly formatted and verify ! it is consistent with what is published in the TLD zone before publishing it. ! There should also be a secure channel for authenticating the registry and any data it is publishing. Comment: Using the same channels IANA uses to receive update requests to the *************** *** 38,55 **** Comment: An opt-in mailing list for operational news should be sufficient to satisfy this. ! [5] The TAR should be clear what support, if any, is available. ! [6] The TAR must have exit strategy. Comment: The proposal includes that. ! [7] The TAR should only publish keying material with the consent of the respective key manager. Please let us know any the details of the repository as well as the time-line for implementation as soon as they become available. Please feel free to make ! our supoort for this repository known to anyone in the ICANN govenance structure if it helps to push this along. Kind Regards --- 37,54 ---- Comment: An opt-in mailing list for operational news should be sufficient to satisfy this. ! [5] The registry should be clear what support, if any, is available. ! [6] The registry must have a published exit strategy. Comment: The proposal includes that. ! [7] The registry should only publish keying material with the consent of the respective key manager. Please let us know any the details of the repository as well as the time-line for implementation as soon as they become available. Please feel free to make ! our support for this repository known to anyone in the ICANN governance structure if it helps to push this along. Kind Regards