[dns-wg] RIPE 48 Action Item.

Dear Colleagues,

This is a small report on an action item that is upon us.

Action 48.X	[Olaf Kolkman]

 	Send to the mailinglist [a pointer to] the current list of checks
 	applied to IN-ADDR.ARPA zones before reverse delegation is activated
 	or updated. Initiate review of those checks and propose, if necessary,
 	updates and/or additional tests.


The reverse delegation "HOWTO" [1] refers to a web page[2] that can
perform the delegation checks that our database update engine
performs. That web-based delegation checker comes with an explanation
of the most important checks[3].

We think that for the purpose of further discussion of the delegation
checks the explanation in [3] is sufficient. However because of a
library version mismatch the documentation in [3] may sometimes differ
from what is actually verified during WHOIS Database updates. 

We will be working on updating the web based delegation checker to use
the same back-end library and during that process update and audit the
documentation.

If you have any question regarding details we'll be happy to answer them.

Kind regards,

   Olaf M. Kolkman 
   New Projects, RIPE NCC


[1] http://www.ripe.net/reverse/reverse_howto.html The explanation on how
    to request a reverse delegation

[2] http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/nph-dc.cgi The web-based zone
    delegation checker

[3] http://www.ripe.net/misc/dc-ext-descr.html