[dns-wg] Proposed criteria for adding new zones to DNSMON

Dear colleagues,

The new DNSMON (https://atlas.ripe.net/dnsmon/) service has been available for several months now, and we would like to propose criteria for adding new zones going forward.
Please note that we’ve provided this just as a starting point for consultation with the DNS community, and are asking for feedback about this proposal.

First, we believe we should only add these TLDs when we receive a request from the TLD operators themselves, rather than from third parties. If we do receive requests to add a TLD from a third party, we will only do so after first checking with the TLD operator and receiving an official request from them at atlas at ripe.net. 

Second, we propose allowing the addition of ccTLDs operated by our members for countries within the RIPE NCC’s service region. The new DNSMON infrastructure is capable of handling this number of potential requests.

Third, we propose adding up to five gTLDs under the control of any given operator, and only if the operator is a member of the RIPE NCC.

We believe these criteria for including new zones will continue to make DNSMON a valuable tool for our members and the wider community. Once the DNS Working Group has provided feedback on these criteria, the RIPE NCC will provide a full service description for DNSMON that includes these criteria and that will be included in the DNSMON documentation.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts, and ask you to please respond to this list with any feedback you have preferably before mid-September.  

Kind regards,

Kaveh Ranjbar
Chief Information Officer
RIPE NCC