[dns-resolver-tf] RIPE DNS Resolver BCP Task Force - Reviewing Charter

Mirjam

Thanks for this.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 4:39 AM Mirjam Kuehne <mir at zu-hause.nl> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As mentioned in my previous mail, the charter is currently marked as DRAFT:
>
> "The Task Force will gather best current practices for the operation of
> DNS resolvers and work towards producing a recommendation of operational
> practices that will be available to the RIPE community and the Internet
> community at large."
>
> You might have seen that Lars-Johan Liman raised some concerns on the
> RIPE Discussion List that this text might be too limiting. In the
> meantime I worked with Liman on some alternative text:
>
> "The Task Force will gather best current practices for the operation of
> DNS resolvers and look at various design alternatives. The aim is to
> describe the consequences of the various choices and to work towards
> producing recommendations of operational practices that will be
> available to the RIPE community and the Internet community at large."
>
> The motivation behind this is to enable DNS resolver operators to make
> conscious choices rather providing one BCP for everyone which might lead
> to single points of failure. But I am sure Liman can explain better 😄
>
> If there are no concerns or suggested changes, I will update the charter
> on the website accordingly.
>
>
I agree with Liman on this - I feel strongly that a good BCP
should not just be one choice but provide different choices
based on different situations.
tim
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