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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Michael Reilly/DEC
DNS Minutes
We began this meeting of the DNS Working Group by discussing
administrative details. Several Working Group members expressed
problems in getting added to the namedroppers mailing list. The Working
Group decided it would be beneficial to setup a DNS Working Group
mailing list. Mike Reilly volunteered to host the list.
The mailing list is dns-wg@nsl.dec.com. Add/drop requests are to be
sent to dns-wg-request@nsl.dec.com.
We spent some time discussing the Charter of the Working Group. Several
goals were identified for the near term. Discussion of these goals is
to take place on the mailing list. The top four goals are:
o Define DNS related MIB variables. The Working Group does not have
experience in writing MIB definitions so we will produce a list of
variables and work with others to produce the document describing
them.
o Produce a DNS Operator's Guide for publication as an informational
RFC. There was some discussion concerning the inclusion of BIND
specific information in the RFC or whether the guide should simply
discuss operational experience from the Internet. This was not
resolved at the meeting but will be resolved as work progresses.
The relationship between this document and RFC 1033 (Domain
Operations Guide) as also discussed.
o Investigate additional Resource Records as well as other changes to
the DNS RFC's. Many of the proposed changes to the DNS RFC's come
as a of the publication of the host requirements RFC (1123) or as a
result of operational requirements in the Internet. The Working
Group expects to be involved in producing additional RFC's as the
need arises.
o Investigate and document the security (or lack of ) in the current
DNS and in common implementations (for example, BIND).
Mike Reilly is working on an updated Charter which will describe these
goals and include a time schedule. This will be posted to the mailing
list for discussion and review next week.
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The DNS Working Group will also be investigating ways to work closely
with the individuals running DNS nameservers on the Internet. We hope
to both learn form them so that the Operations Guide mentioned above
will be as useful as possible and to serve as a useful resource for
identification and resolution of problems encountered in operating DNS
nameservers.
Phil Almquist is being funded to produce a more robust version of BIND
for general distribution. He presented his plans and time schedule in
detail during the DNS Working Group meeting. The discussion following
his presentation indicated that there was positive support for his
efforts.
We spent that last portion of the meeting discussing ways in which the
DNS could and should be used as a part of dynamic host configuration.
Several members of the Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group
described their needs and limitations in the current DNS which prevent
its use for this purpose. The discussions helped make many of the DNS
Working Group members aware of the needs hosts wishing to dynamically
configure. We will work with the Dynamic Host Configuration Working
Group to determine how the DNS can help them.
Attendees
Philip Almquist almquist@jessica.stanford.edu
Lida Carrier lida@apple.com
Bill Durham durham@MDC.COM
Robert Enger enger@seka.scc.com
Charles Fineberg fineberg@wums2.wustl.edu
Karen Frisa karen.frisa@andrew.cmu.edu
Jeremy Greene greene@coral.com
Patrick Heisinger heisinger@mdcguy.mdc.com
Ajay Kachrani kachrani@regent.enet.dec.com
Tom Kessler kessler@sun.com
Anders Klemets klemets@cs.cmu.edu
Bill Manning bmanning@houston.sc.ti.com
Mike Marcinkevicz mdm@calstate.edu
Carol Melowitz melowitz@mdcgwy.mdc.com
Donald Merritt don@brl.mil
Mark Moody ccmarkm@umcvmb.missouri.edu
Michael Patton map@lcs.mit.edu
Jan Michael Rynning jmr@nada.kth.se
Tim Seaver tas@mcnc.org
John Veizades veizades@apple.com
Walter Wimer walter.wimer@andrew.cmu.edu
Linda Winkler lwinkler@anl.gov
Cathy Wittbrodt cjw@nersc.gov
Wing Fai Wong wfwong@malta.sbi.com
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