Re: New draft charter for the RIPE DNS WG

[Jaap Akkerhuis <]

Hi,

    Niall:
    
    
    >      The DNS WG works as a contact for the Registry and Registrar community,
    >      watching DNS quality.
    
    What is the overlap between this and the technical function of CENTR, for example?

I was also wondering about this a bit.  There is the ENTR technical
workgroup and he DNR forum.

The first group is not an RIPE thingy at all. They happen to meet
often at RIPE meetings, because it is convenient. The intention,
as far as  can judge, is to bring registry techies together to
discuss, exchange information for problems at registrie.  And since
the core business of a registry (at least, that is my personal
opinion) is the maintenance of the zonefile, there is overlap with
the dns-wg. But this group does more, registry systems etc. And for
the dns part, they are more on the operating end of the spectrum.

The DNR-Forum is a Centr/Ripe thingy, but, as Rob always says, Ripe
is only just accomodating the meeting (see also the charter,
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dnr/index.html). Again there is an
overlap with the dns-wg but the focus of his is more towards
registrar/registry interaction (nice way of saying politics).

So, one way to answer your question would be to say that DNS-wg is
more concerned with the dns protocol sec then with other things
surrounding it.

	jaap