[ncc-services-wg] RIR DNS management

Gert,

On Wednesday, 2012-09-05 22:01:45 +0200, 
Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 04:53:41PM +0200, Shane Kerr wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 2012-09-05 15:56:01 +0200, 
> > Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:
> > > So, how would you authenticate that I'm authorized or not to have
> > > a DNS delegation for 30.195.in-addr.arpa?  Without help of the
> > > RIPE NCC?
> > 
> > People seem to be able to manage this on the routing side today, so
> > presumably those mechanisms would work here too.
> 
> Do they?
> 
> What I've seen here that *works* is "query the RIPE DB for the
> published route(6): objects for a given AS number, and accept that".

Yes, this. :)

For the DNS side, it could be something as simple as saying "add the
comment $RANDOM_TOKEN as a comment to your DOMAIN object". Or even
better, using the PGP or X.509 of the address maintainer to
authenticate the request.

> > But of course it would be even better to have explicit authorization
> > mechanisms. Perhaps the RIRs could develop some sort of address
> > certification technology... ;)
> 
> That could be done, yes.  Using the PKI tech for "DNSOA"
> certification - but that smells like much more effort than to just
> run the DNS servers :-)

The initial authentication - and presumably periodic checks - should
come from the RIR.

There are a few real benefits that could result from a dedicated DNS
service though.

The biggest benefit would likely be from a service that was not simply
a delegation-only service, but also acted as a DNS hoster, either as
the primary or secondary source. Of course you can arrange that on your
own today, but one-stop-shopping has some value.

Also, a service could work across multiple RIRs, so you could manage
your worldwide reverse DNS from a single place. (I admit this is not
such a big deal, since there are only a few RIRs and any organization
spread across multiple regions won't have a huge problem tracking these
details.)

In order to work across multiple RIRs, it might need to look a bit like
a DNS registrar, rather than a registry, since you may not want a
single organization controlling the entire reverse DNS. 

Again, this isn't a serious proposal. It's less serious than when I
propose eliminating reverse DNS altogether, at least. :)

--
Shane
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