[db-wg] DNS Related Policy and Procedure Proposals

Dear Colleagues,

Apologies for duplicate mails.

Shortly after this mail we will be sending two separate mails to the
DNS Working Group mailing list. We will also be posting a draft policy
document (see below). These mails also have relevance to the RIPE NCC
Services and Database Working Groups.

The two messages and revised policy document are part of a project
started in October 2003 to streamline and simplify the process of
requesting and managing reverse DNS delegation for the holders of the
address space allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC. The original
proposal can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/reverse/proposal.html

The content of the mails are:

 - A proposal for the introduction of a new "mnt-domains:" attribute
   in INETNUM objects to authorise the creation of DOMAIN
   objects. This proposal also suggests making "mnt-by:" a mandatory
   DOMAIN object attribute.

   This authorisation mechanism will enable address space users to
   delegate the responsibility for maintaining reverse address space
   to third parties in a flexible manner.

 - An assessment of the consequences of the introduction of the
   "mnt-domains:" attribute and of the "mnt-by:" attribute being made
   mandatory.

 
The reverse delegation policy has been revised, relaxing the terms
under which reverse delegation will be serviced and providing the
framework to implement the authorisation mechanism described
above. 

The draft "Policy for Reverse Address Delegation of IPv4 and IPv6
Address Space in the RIPE NCC Service Region" can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/reverse-draft-200401.html

We would like to invite your comments on this. Please discuss these
proposals on the DNS Working Group mailing list.

More information can be found at:
            
http://www.ripe.net/reverse/rdns-project/


-- Olaf Kolkman
New Projects Group

RIPE NCC