DNS Security (DNSSEC) Experiments
draft-ietf-dnsext-dnssec-experiments-04

Editorial points from Gen-ART review by Francis Dupont,
with author comments.

>> Minor points (they should be fixed by the RFC Editor):
>>  - in 1 page 3: a missing closing parenthesis. I suggest to add the
>>    number of the RFCs too.

Sounds good.

>>  - is "validatable" (in 4 page 7 and 6 page 9) a correct English word?

Er, I guess not :)  I suggest rewording (from 4 on page 7):

  That is, a zone is either in an experiment and only experimentally
  validatable, or it is not.

with

  That is, a zone is either in an experiment and only possible to
  validate experimentally, or it is not.

And suggest rewording (from 6 on page 9):

  For instance, the resolver may look at a non-validatable response and
  conclude that the response is bogus, either due to local policy or
  implementation details.

with

  For instance, the resolver my look at a response that cannot be
  validated and still conclude that the response is bogus, either due to
  local policy or implementation details.


>>  - in 10.2 page 13 reference [6] is obsolete: a new version 03 was
>>    submitted in June.

Why is this document aimed to be a Proposed Standard and not a BCP?

  I was surprised to see this going for PS and not BCP. IMO
  this document describes the best current practice methodology for
  setting up DNSSEC experiments and should go for BCP.

Section 4., paragraph 1:
>    having only unknown algorithm identifiers in the DS records for the
>    delegation to the zone at the parent.

  Nit: expand DS on first use.

  Please rename section 6.  A reasonable title might be 
  "Experiment Considerations".

  From the SecDir review by Stefan Santesson:
  
  Section 5 states:
  >
  > Resolvers MUST only recognize the experiment's semantics when
  > present in a zone signed by one or more of these algorithm
  > identifiers.
  >
  Strictly speaking, nothing is signed by an algorithm identifier.
  It seems that the text tries to say:
  >
  > Resolvers MUST only recognize the experiment's semantics when
  > present in a zone signed with one or more algorithms identified
  > by these algorithm identifiers.