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Automating DNSSEC Delegation Trust Maintenance
draft-ietf-dnsop-delegation-trust-maintainance-05

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Authors Warren "Ace" Kumari , Ólafur Guðmundsson , George Barwood
Last updated 2014-04-12 (Latest revision 2014-04-11)
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draft-ietf-dnsop-delegation-trust-maintainance-05
dnsop                                                          W. Kumari
Internet-Draft                                                    Google
Intended status: Informational                            O. Gudmundsson
Expires: October 13, 2014                                  Shinkuro Inc.
                                                              G. Barwood

                                                          April 11, 2014

             Automating DNSSEC Delegation Trust Maintenance
           draft-ietf-dnsop-delegation-trust-maintainance-05

Abstract

   This document describes a method to allow DNS operators to more
   easily update DNSSEC Key Signing Keys using the DNS as communication
   channel.  This document does not address the initial configuration of
   trust anchors for a domain.  The technique described is aimed at
   delegations in which it is currently hard to move information from
   the child to parent.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.2.  Requirements Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  DNS Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.2.  Relationship Between Parent and Child DNS Operator  . . .   5
       2.2.1.  Solution Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       2.2.2.  DNSSEC key change process . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.  CDS / CDNSKEY (Child DS/ Child DNSKEY) Record Definitions . .   7
     3.1.  CDS Resource Record Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.2.  CDNSKEY Resource Record Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   4.  Automating DS Maintainance With CDS/CDNSKEY records . . . . .   8
     4.1.  CDS / CDNSKEY Processing Rules  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   5.  CDS / CDNSKEY Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   6.  Parent Side CDS / CDNSKEY Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.1.  Detecting a Changed CDS / CDNSKEY . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       6.1.1.  CDS / CDNSKEY Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       6.1.2.  Other Mechanisms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     6.2.  Using the New CDS / CDNSKEY Records . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       6.2.1.  Parent Calculates DS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   8.  Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   9.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Appendix A.  RRR background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Appendix B.  Changes / Author Notes.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

1.  Introduction

   When a DNS operator first signs their zone, they need to communicate
   their DS record(s) (or DNSKEY(s)) to their parent through some out-
   of-band method to complete the chain of trust.

   Each time the child changes/rolls the key that is represented in the
   parent, the new and/or deleted key information has to be communicated
   to the parent and in the parent's zone.  How this information is sent
   to the parent depends on the relationship the child has with the

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   parent.  In many cases this is a manual process, and not an easy one.
   For each key roll, there may be up to two interactions with the
   parent.  Any manual process is susceptible to mistakes and/or errors.
   In addition, due to the annoyance factor of the process, operators
   may avoid performing key rollovers or skip needed steps to publish
   the new DS at the parent.

   DNSSEC provides data integrity to information published in DNS; thus
   DNS publication can be used to automate maintenance of delegation
   information.  This document describes a method to automate
   publication of subsequent DS records, after the initial one has been
   published.

   Readers are expected to be familiar with DNSSEC, including [RFC4033],
   [RFC4034], [RFC4035], [RFC5011] and [RFC6781].

   This document is a compilation of two earlier drafts: draft-barwood-
   dnsop-ds-publish[I-D.ds-publish] and draft-wkumari-dnsop-ezkeyroll.

   This document outlines a technique in which the parent periodically
   (or upon request) polls its signed children and automatically publish
   new DS records.  To a large extent, the procedures this document
   follows are as described in [RFC6781] section 4.1.2.

   This technique is designed to be friendly both to fully automated
   tools and humans.  Fully automated tools can perform all the actions
   needed without human intervention, and thus can monitor when it is
   safe to move to the next step.

   The solution described in this document only allows transferring
   information about DNSSEC keys (DS and DNSKEY) from the child to the
   parental agent.  It lists exactly what the parent should publish, and
   allows for publication of stand-by keys.  A different protocol,
   [I-D.csync], can be used to maintain other important delegation
   information, such as NS and glue.  These two protocols have been kept
   as separate solutions because the problems are fundamentally
   different, and a combined solution is overly complex.

   This document describes a method for automating maintanance of the
   delegation trust information, and proposes a polled / periodic
   trigger for simplicity.  Some users may prefer a different trigger,
   such as a button on a webpage, a REST interface, DNS NOTIFY, etc.
   These alternate / additional triggers are not discussed in this
   document.

   This proposal does not include all operations needed for the
   maintenance of DNSSEC key material, specifically the initial
   introduction or complete removal of all keys.  Because of this,

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   alternate communications mechanisms must always exist, potentially
   introducing more complexity.

1.1.  Terminology

   The terminology we use is defined in this section.

   Highlighted roles:

   o  Child: "The entity on record that has the delegation of the domain
      from the parent"

   o  Parent: "The domain in which the child is registered"

   o  Child DNS Operator: "The entity that maintains and publishes the
      zone information for the child DNS"

   o  Parent DNS Operator: "The entity that maintains and publishes the
      zone information for the parent DNS"

   o  Parental Agent: "The entity that the child has relationship with,
      to change its delegation information"

   o  Provisioning system: "A system that the operator of the master DNS
      server operates to maintain the information published in the DNS.
      This includes the systems that sign the DNS data"

   RRR is our shorthand for Registry/Registrar/Registrant model of
   parent child relationship see Appendix A for more.

1.2.  Requirements Notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

2.  Background

2.1.  DNS Delegations

   DNS operation consists of delegations of authority.  For each
   delegation there are (most of the time) two parties: the parent and
   the child.

   The parent publishes information about the delegations to the child;
   for the name servers it publishes an NS [RFC1035] RRset that lists a
   hint for name servers that are authoritative for the child.  The

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   child also publishes a NS RRset, and this set is the authoritative
   list of name servers to the child zone.

   The second RRset the parent sometimes publishes is the DS [RFC4034]
   set.  The DS RRset provides information about the DNSKEY(s) that the
   child has told the parent it will use to sign its DNSKEY RRset.  In
   DNSSEC trust relationship between zones is provided by the following
   chain:

   parent DNSKEY --> DS --> child DNSKEY.

   A prior proposal [I-D.auto-cpsync] suggested that the child send an
   "update" to the parent via a mechanism similar to Dynamic Update.
   The main issue became: How does the child find the actual parental
   agent/server to send the update to?  While that could have been
   solved via technical means, the proposal died.  There is also a
   similar proposal in [I-D.parent-zones].

   As the DS record can only be present at the parent (RFC4034
   [RFC4034]), some other record/method is needed to automate which
   DNSKEYs are picked to be represented in the parent zone's DS records.
   One possibility is to use flags in the DNSKEY record.  If the SEP bit
   is set, this indicates that the DNSKEY is intended for use as a
   secure entry point.  This DNSKEY signs the DNSKEY RRset, and the
   Parental Agent can calculate DS records based on that.  But this
   fails to meet some operating needs, including the child having no
   influence what DS digest algorithms are used and DS records can only
   be published for keys that are in the DNSKEY RRset, and thus this
   technique would not be compatible with Double-DS key rollover.

2.2.  Relationship Between Parent and Child DNS Operator

   In practical application, there are many different relationships
   between the parent and child DNS operators.  The type of relationship
   affects how the Child DNS Operator communicates with the parent.
   This section will highlight some of the different situations, but is
   by no means a complete list.

   Different communication paths:

   o  Direct/API: The child can change the delegation information via
      automated/scripted means EPP[RFC5730] used by many TLDs is an
      example of this.  Another example is the web service's
      programmatic interfaces that Registrars make available to their
      Resellers.

   o  User Interface: The Child uses a (web) site set up by the Parental
      Agent for updating delegation information.

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   o  Indirect: The communication has to be transmitted via out-of-band
      between two parties, such as email, telephone etc.. This is common
      when the Child's DNS operator is neither the child itself nor the
      Registrar for the domain but a third party.

   o  Multi-step Combinations: The information flows through an
      intermediary.  It is possible, but unlikely, that all the steps
      are automated via API's and there are no humans are involved.

   A domain name holder (Child) may operate its own DNS servers or
   outsource the operation.  While we use the word parent as a singular,
   parent can consist of single entity or a composite of many discrete
   parts that have rules and roles.  We refer to the entity that the
   child corresponds with as the Parent.

   In another common case an enterprise may delegate parts of its name-
   space to be operated by a group that is not the same as that which
   operates the enterprise's DNS servers.  In this case the flow of
   information is frequently handled in either an ad hoc manner or via
   some corporate mechanism; this can range from email to fully-
   automated operation.  The word enterprise above covers all
   organizations in which the domains are not sold on the open market
   and there is some relationship between the entities.

2.2.1.  Solution Space

   This document is aimed at the cases in which there is an
   organizational separation of the child and parent.

   A further complication is when the Child DNS Operator is not the
   Child.  There are two common cases of this:

   a)  The Parental Agent (e.g. registrar) handles the DNS operation.

   b)  A third party takes care of the DNS operation.

   If the Parental Agent is the DNS operator, life is much easier; the
   Parental Agent can inject any delegation changes directly into the
   Parent's Provisioning system.  The techniques described below are not
   needed in the case when Parental Agent is the DNS operator.

   In the case of a third party DNS operator, the Child either needs to
   relay changes in DNS delegation or give the Child DNS Operator access
   to its delegation/registration account.

   Some parents want the child to express their DNSKEYS in the form of
   DS records, while others want to receive the DNSKEY records and
   calculate the DS records themselves.  There is no consensus on which

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   method is better; both have good reasons to exist.  The proposal
   below can operate with both models, but the child needs to be aware
   of the parental policies.

2.2.2.  DNSSEC key change process

   After a Child DNS Operator first signs the zone, there is a need to
   interact with the Parent, for example via the delegation account
   interface, to "upload / paste-in the zone's DS information".  The
   action of logging in through the delegation account user interface
   authenticates that the user is authorized to change delegation
   information for the child published in the parent zone.  In the case
   where the "Child DNS Operator" does not have access to the
   registration account, the Child needs to perform the action.

   At a later date, the Child DNS Operator may want to publish a new DS
   record in the parent, either because they are rolling keys, or
   because they want to publish a stand-by key.  This involves
   performing the same process as before.  Furthermore when this is a
   manual process with cut and paste, operational mistakes will happen
   -- or worse, the update action is not performed at all.

   The Child DNS Operator may also introduce new keys, and can do so
   when old keys exist and can be used.  The Child may also remove old
   keys, but this document does not support removing all keys.  This is
   to avoid making signed zones unsigned.  The Child may not enroll the
   initial key or introduce a new key when there are no old keys that
   can be used, because there is no way to validate the information.

3.  CDS / CDNSKEY (Child DS/ Child DNSKEY) Record Definitions

   This document specifies two new resource records, CDS and CDNSKEY.
   These records are used to convey, from one zone to it's parent, the
   desired contents of the zone's DS resource record set residing in the
   parent zone.

   The CDS / CDNSKEY records are published in the child zone and gives
   the child control of what is published for it in the parental zone.
   The CDS / CDNSKEY RRset expresses what the child would like the DS
   RRset to look like after the change; it is a "replace" operation, and
   it is up to the consumer of the records to translate that into the
   appropriate add/delete operations in the registration systems (and in
   the case of CDNSKEY, to generate the DS from the DNSKEY).  If no CDS
   / CDNSKEY RRset is present in child, this means that no change is
   needed.

   [[RFC Editor: Please remove this paragraph before publication]
   Version -04 of the ID that became this working group document (http:/

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   /tools.ietf.org/id/draft-kumari-ogud-dnsop-cds-04.txt) defined a new
   record (CTA) that could hold either a DS or a DNSKEY record (with a
   selector to differentiate between them).  In a shocking development,
   there was almost full consensus that this was horrid :-) ]

3.1.  CDS Resource Record Format

   The wire and presentation format of the CDS ("Child DS") record is
   identical to the DS record [RFC4034].  IANA has allocated RR code 59
   for the CDS record via expert review [I-D.ds-publish].  CDS uses the
   same registries as DS for its fields.

   No special processing is performed by authoritative servers or by
   revolvers, when serving or resolving.  For all practical purposes CDS
   is a regular RR type.

3.2.  CDNSKEY Resource Record Format

   The wire and presentation format of the CDNSKEY ("Child DNSKEY")
   record is identical to the DNSKEY record.  CDNSKEY uses the same
   registries as DNSKEY for its fields.

   No special processing is performed by authoritative servers or by
   revolvers, when serving or resolving.  For all practical purposes
   CDNSKEY is a regular RR type.

4.  Automating DS Maintainance With CDS/CDNSKEY records

   CDS/CDNSKEY records are intended to be "consumed" by delegation trust
   maintainers.  The use of CDS/CDNSKEY is optional.

   Some parents prefer to accept DNSSEC key information in DS format,
   some parents prefer to accept it in DNSKEY format, and calculate the
   DS record on the child's behalf.  Each method has pros and cons, both
   technical and policy.  This solution is DS vs DNSKEY agnostic, and
   allows operation with either.

   The child SHOULD publish both CDS and CDNSKEY records.  If the child
   knows which the parent consumes, it MAY choose to only publish that
   record type (for example, some children wish the parent to publish a
   DS, but they wish to keep the DNSKEY "hidden" until needed).  If the
   child publishes both, the two RRsets MUST match in content.  The
   parent should use whichever one they choose, but MUST NOT query for
   both and perform consistency checks between the CDS and CDNSKEY
   records.

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4.1.  CDS / CDNSKEY Processing Rules

   If there are no CDS / CDNSKEY resource records in the child, this
   signals that no change should be made to the current DS set.  This
   means that, once the child and parent are in sync, the child DNS
   operator SHOULD remove all CDS records from the zone.

   Following acceptance rules are placed on the CDS / CDNSKEY records as
   follows:

   o  Location: "the CDS / CDNSKEY record MUST be at the child zone
      apex".

   o  Signer: "MUST be signed with a key that is represented in both the
      current DNSKEY and DS RRset's."

   o  Continuity: "MUST NOT break the current delegation if applied to
      DS RRset"

   If any these conditions fail the CDS / CDNSKEY record MUST be
   ignored.

5.  CDS / CDNSKEY Publication

   Child DNS Operator SHOULD only publish a CDS or CDNSKEY RRset when it
   wants to make a change to the DS RRset in the Parent.  In order to be
   valid, the CDS / CDNSKEY RRset MUST be compliant with the rules in
   Section 4.1.  When the Parent DS is "in-sync" with the CDS / CDNSKEY,
   the Child DNS Operator SHOULD delete the CDS / CDNSKEY RRset(s).
   Note that if the child has published a CDNSKEY RR, the Parent will
   have to calculate the DS (using the requested digest algorithm) to do
   the comparison.

6.  Parent Side CDS / CDNSKEY Consumption

   The CDS / CDNSKEY RRset SHOULD be used by the Parental Agent to
   update the DS RRset in the parent zone.  The Parental Agent for this
   uses a tool that understands the CDS / CDNSKEY signing rules from
   Section 4.1 so it may not be able to use a standard validator.

   The parent MUST choose to accept either CDS or CDNSKEY records (based
   upon local policy), and MUST NOT expect there to be both.  A parent
   MUST NOT perform a consistency check between CDS and CDNSKEY (other
   than for informational / debugging use).

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6.1.  Detecting a Changed CDS / CDNSKEY

   How the Parental Agent gets the CDS / CDNSKEY record may differ,
   below are two examples as how this can take place.

   Polling  The Parental Agent operates a tool that periodically checks
         each of the children that has a DS record to see if there is a
         CDS or CDNSKEY record.

   Pushing  The delegation user interface has a button {Fetch DS} when
         pushed preforms the CDS / CDNSKEY processing.  If the Parent
         zone does not contain DS for this delegation then the "push"
         SHOULD be ignored.  If the Parental Agent displays the contents
         of the CDS / CDSNKEY to the user and gets confirmation that
         this represents their key, the Parental Agent MAY use this for
         initial enrolment (when the Parent zone does not contain the DS
         for this delgation).

   In either case the Parental Agent MAY apply additional rules that
   defer the acceptance of a CDS / CDNSKEY change, these rules may
   include a condition that the CDS / CDNSKEY remains in place and valid
   for some time period before it is accepted.  It may be appropriate in
   the "Pushing" case to assume that the Child is ready and thus accept
   changes without delay.

6.1.1.  CDS / CDNSKEY Polling

   This is the only defined use of CDS / CDNSKEY in this document.
   There are limits to the saleability of polling techniques, thus some
   other mechanism is likely to be specified later that addresses CDS /
   CDNSKEY usage in the situation where polling does not scale to.
   Having said that Polling will work in many important cases like
   enterprises, universities, small TLDs etc.  In many regulatory
   environments the registry is prohibited from talking to the
   registrant.  In most of these cases the registrant has a business
   relationship with the registrar, and so the registrar can offer this
   as a service.

   If the CDS / CDNSKEY RRset does not exist, the Parental Agent MUST
   take no action.  Specifically it MUST NOT delete or alter the
   existing DS RRset.

6.1.2.  Other Mechanisms

   It is assumed that other mechanisms will be implemented to trigger
   the parent to look for an updated CDS / CDNSKEY record.  As the CDS /
   CDNSKEY records are validated with DNSSEC, these mechanisms can be
   unauthenticated (for example, a child could telephone its parent and

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   request that they process the new CDS or CDNSKEY record, an
   unauthenticated POST could be made to a webserver (with rate-
   limiting), etc.)

   Other documents can specify the trigger conditions.

6.2.  Using the New CDS / CDNSKEY Records

   Regardless of how the Parental Agent detected changes to a CDS /
   CDNSKEY RR, the Parental Agent MUST use a DNSSEC validator to obtain
   a validated CDS / CDNSKEY RRset from the Child zone.

   The Parental Agent MUST ensure that old versions of the CDS / CDNSKEY
   RRset do not overwrite newer versions.  This MAY be accomplished by
   checking that the signature inception in the RRSIG for CDS / CDNSKEY
   is newer and/or the serial number on the child's SOA is greater.
   This may require the Parental Agent to maintain some state
   information.

   The Parental Agent MAY take extra security measures.  For example, to
   mitigate the possibility that a Child's key signing key has been
   compromised, the Parental Agent may, for example, inform (by email or
   other methods ) the Child DNS Operator of the change.  However the
   precise out-of-band measures that a parent zone SHOULD take are
   outside the scope of this document.

   Once the Parental Agent has obtained a valid CDS / CDNSKEY it MUST
   check the publication rules from section 4.1.  In particular the
   Parental Agent MUST double check the Continuity rule and do its best
   not to invalidate the Child zone.  Once checked and if the CDS /
   CDNSKEY and DS differ it may apply the changes to the parent zone.
   If the parent consumes CDNSKEY, the parent should calculate the DS
   before doing this comparison.

6.2.1.  Parent Calculates DS

   There are cases where the Parent wants to calculate the DS record due
   to policy reasons.  In this case, the Child publishes CDNSKEY records
   and the parent calculates the DS records on behalf of the children.

   When a Parent operates in "calculate DS" mode it can operate in one
   of two sub-modes

   full  i.e. it only publishes DS records it calculates from DNSKEY
      records,

   augment  i.e. it will make sure there are DS records for the digest
      algorithm(s) it requires(s).

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   In the case the parent fetch the CDNSKEY and calculate the DS it MAY
   be the case that the DS published in the parent zone is not identical
   with the data in the CDS record made available by the child.

7.  IANA Considerations

   IANA has assigned RR Type code 59 for CDS.  This was done for an
   earlier version of this document[I-D.ds-publish] This document is to
   become the reference for CDS RRtype.

   IANA is requested to assign another RR Type for the CDNSKEY.

8.  Privacy Considerations

   All of the information handled / transmitted by this protocol is
   public information published in the DNS.

9.  Security Considerations

   This work is for the normal case; when things go wrong there is only
   so much that automation can fix.

   If child breaks DNSSEC validation by removing all the DNSKEYs that
   are represented in the DS set its only repair actions are to contact
   the parent or restore the DNSKEYs in the DS set.

   In the event of a compromise of the server or system generating
   signatures for a zone, an attacker might be able to generate and
   publish new CDS records.  The modified CDS records will be picked up
   by this technique and so may allow the attacker to extend the
   effective time of his attack.  If there a delay in accepting changes
   to DS, as in [RFC5011], then the attacker needs to hope his activity
   is not detected before the DS in parent is changed.  If this type of
   change takes place, the child needs to contact the parent (possibly
   via a registrar web interface) and remove any compromised DS keys.

   A compromise of the account with the parent (e.g. registrar) will not
   be mitigated by this technique, as the "new registrant" can delete/
   modify the DS records at will.

   While it may be tempting, this SHOULD NOT be used for initial
   enrollment of keys since there is no way to ensure that the initial
   key is the correct one.  If is used, strict rules for inclusion of
   keys like hold down times, challenge data inclusion etc., ought to be
   used, along with some kind of challenge mechanism.  A child cannot
   use this mechanism to go from signed to unsigned (publishing an empty
   CDS / CDNSKEY RRset means no-change should be made in the parent).

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   The CDS RR type should allow for enhanced security by simplifying
   process.  Since rollover is automated, updating a DS RRset by other
   means may be regarded as unusual and subject to extra security
   checks.

   As this introduces a new mechanism to update information in the
   parent it MUST be clear who is fetching the records and creating the
   appropriate records in the parent zone.  Specifically some operations
   may use other mechanisms than what is described here.  For example, a
   registrar may assume that it is maintaining the DNSSEC key
   information in the registry, and may have this cached.  If the
   registry is fetching the CDS / CDNSKEY then the registry and
   registrar may have different views of the DNSSEC key material and the
   result of such a situation is unclear.  Because of this, this
   mechanism SHOULD NOT be use to bypass intermediaries that might cache
   information and because of that get the wrong state.

   If there is a failure in applying changes in child zone to all DNS
   servers listed in either parent or child NS set it is possible that
   the Parental agent may get confused either not perform action because
   it gets different answers on different checks or CDS validation
   fails.  In the worst case, Parental Agent performs an action
   reversing a prior action but after the child signing system decides
   to take the next step in rollover, resulting in a broken delegation.

   DNS is a loosely coherent distributed database with local caching;
   therefore, it is important to allow old information to expire from
   caches before deleting DS or DNSKEY records.  Similarly, it is
   important to allow new records to propagate through the DNS before
   use, see [RFC6781] and [I-D.key-time]

   It is common practice for users to outsource their DNS hosting to a
   3rd party DNS provider.  In order for that provider to be able to
   maintain the DNSSEC information some users give the provider their
   registrar login credentials (which obviously has negative security
   implications).  Deploying the solution described in this document
   allows the 3rd party DNS provider to maintain the DNSSEC information
   without giving them the registrar credentials, thereby improving
   security.

   By automating the maintenance of the DNSSEC key information (and
   removing humans from the process) we expect to decrease the number of
   DNSSEC related outages, which should increase DNSSEC deployment.

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10.  Acknowledgements

   We would like to thank a large number of folk, including: Mark
   Andrews, Joe Abley, Jaap Akkerhuis, Roy Arends, Doug Barton, Brian
   Dickinson, Paul Ebersman, Tony Finch, Jim Galvin, Paul Hoffman, Samir
   Hussain, Tatuya Jinmei, Olaf Kolkman, Cricket Liu, Stephan Lagerholm,
   Matt Larson, Marco Sanz, Antoin Verschuren, Suzanne Woolf, Paul
   Wouters, John Dickinson, Timothe Litt and Edward Lewis.

   Special thanks to Wes Hardaker for contributing significant text and
   creating the complementary (CSYNC) solution, and to Patrik Faltstrom,
   Paul Hoffman, Matthijs Mekking and Mukund Sivaraman for text and in-
   depth review.

   There were a number of other folk with whom we discussed this,
   apologies for not remembering everyone.

11.  References

11.1.  Normative References

   [RFC1035]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
              specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, November 1987.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC4033]  Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
              Rose, "DNS Security Introduction and Requirements", RFC
              4033, March 2005.

   [RFC4034]  Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
              Rose, "Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions",
              RFC 4034, March 2005.

   [RFC4035]  Arends, R., Austein, R., Larson, M., Massey, D., and S.
              Rose, "Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security
              Extensions", RFC 4035, March 2005.

   [RFC5011]  StJohns, M., "Automated Updates of DNS Security (DNSSEC)
              Trust Anchors", STD 74, RFC 5011, September 2007.

   [RFC6781]  Kolkman, O., Mekking, W., and R. Gieben, "DNSSEC
              Operational Practices, Version 2", RFC 6781, December
              2012.

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11.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.auto-cpsync]
              Mekking, W., "Automated (DNSSEC) Child Parent
              Synchronization using DNS UPDATE", draft-mekking-dnsop-
              auto-cpsync-01 (work in progress), December 2010.

   [I-D.csync]
              Hardaker, W., "Child To Parent Synchronization in DNS",
              draft-hardaker-dnsop-csync-02 (work in progress), July
              2013.

   [I-D.ds-publish]
              Barwood, G., "DNS Transport", draft-barwood-dnsop-ds-
              publish-02 (work in progress), June 2011.

   [I-D.key-time]
              Mekking, W., "DNSSEC Key Timing Considerations", draft-
              ietf-dnsop-dnssec-key-timing-03 (work in progress), July
              2012.

   [I-D.parent-zones]
              Andrews, M., "Updating Parent Zones", November 2013.

   [RFC5730]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)",
              STD 69, RFC 5730, August 2009.

   [RFC5910]  Gould, J. and S. Hollenbeck, "Domain Name System (DNS)
              Security Extensions Mapping for the Extensible
              Provisioning Protocol (EPP)", RFC 5910, May 2010.

Appendix A.  RRR background

   In the RRR world, the different parties are frequently from different
   organizations.  In the single enterprise world there are also
   organizational/geographical/cultural separations that affect how
   information flows from a Child to the parent.

   Due to the complexity of the different roles and interconnections,
   automation of delegation information has been punted in the past.
   There have been some proposals to automate this, in order to improve
   the reliability of the DNS.  These proposals have not gained enough
   traction to become standards.

   For example in many of the TLD cases there is the RRR model
   (Registry, Registrar and Registrant).  The Registry operates DNS for
   the TLD, the Registrars accept registrations and place information
   into the Registries database.  The Registrant only communicates with

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   the Registrar; frequently the Registry is not allowed to communicate
   with the Registrant.  In that case as far as the registrant is
   concerned the Registrar == Parent.

   In many RRR cases the Registrar and Registry communicate via
   EPP[RFC5730] and use the EPP DNSSEC extension [RFC5910].  In a number
   of ccTLDs there are other mechanisms in use as well as EPP, but in
   general there seems to be a movement towards EPP usage when DNSSEC is
   enabled in the TLD.

Appendix B.  Changes / Author Notes.

   [RFC Editor: Please remove this section before publication ]

   WG-04 to WG-05

   o  More comments from Patrik, Paul and Ed.

   o  Many nits and fixes from Matthijs Mekking.

   o  Outstanding question: Should we remove the "Child SHOULD remove
      the CDS record" text?  Mail sent to list.

   WG-03 to WG-04

   o  Large number of comments and changes from Patrik.

   WG-02 to WG-03

   o  Fixed some references to RFC 5011 - from Samir Hussain.

   o  Fixed some spelling / typos - from Samir Hussain.

   o  A number of clarifiations on the meaning on an empty / non-
      existant CDS RRset - thanks to JINMEI, Tatuya

   o  Be consistent in mentioning both CDS and CDNSKEY throughout the
      document.

   WG-01 to WG-02

   o  Many nits and suggestions from Mukund.

   o  Matthijs: " I still think that it is too strong that the Child DNS
      Operator SHOULD/MUST delete the CDS RRset when the Parent DS is
      "in-sync".  This should be a MAY"

   WG-00 to WG-01

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   o  Addressed Vancouver: "Paul Hoffmann: NOT ready for WGLC.  None of
      the 2 documents explain why there is a split between the two
      strategies."  Thanks to Paul for providing text.

   From -05 to WG-00:

   o  Nothing rchanged, resubmit under new name.

   From 04 to 05

   o  Renamed the record back to CDS.

   From 03 to 04.

   o  Added text explaining that CDS and CSYNC complement each other,
      not replace or compete.

   o  Changed format of record to be <selector> <data> to allow the
      publication of DS **or** DNSKEY.

   o  Bunch of text changed to cover the above.

   o  Added a bit more text on the polling scaling stuff, expectation
      that other triggers will be documented.

   From 02 to 03

   o  Applied comments by Matthijs Mekking

   o  Incorporated suggestions from Edward Lewis about structure

   o  Reworked structure to be easier for implementors to follow

   o  Applied many suggestions from a wonderful thorough review by John
      Dickinson

   o  Removed the going Unsigned option

   From 01 to 02

   o  Major restructuring to facilitate easier discussion

   o  Lots of comments from DNSOP mailing list incorporated, including
      making draft DNSKEY/DS neutral, explain different relationships
      that exists,

   o  added more people to acks.

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   o  added description of enterprise situations

   o  Unified on using Parental Agent over Parental Representative

   o  Removed redundant text when possible

   o  Added text to explain what can go wrong if not all child DNS
      servers are in sync.

   o  Reference prior work by Matthijs Mekking

   o  Added text when parent calculates DS from DNSKEY

   From - to -1.

   o  Removed from section .1: "If a child zone has gone unsigned, i.e.
      no DNSKEY and no RRSIG in the zone, the parental representative
      MAY treat that as intent to go unsigned.  (NEEDS DISCUSSION)."
      Added new text at end. -- suggestion by Scott Rose 20/Feb/13.

   o  Added some background on the different DNS Delegation operating
      situations and how they affect interaction of parties.  This moved
      some blocks of text from later sections into here.

   o  Number of textual improvements from Stephan Lagerholm

   o  Added motivation why CDS is needed in CDS definition section

   o  Unified terminology in the document.

   o  Much more background

Authors' Addresses

   Warren Kumari
   Google
   1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
   Mountain View, CA  94043
   US

   Email: warren@kumari.net

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   Olafur Gudmundsson
   Shinkuro Inc.
   4922 Fairmont Av, Suite 250
   Bethesda, MD  20814
   USA

   Email: ogud@ogud.com

   George Barwood
   33 Sandpiper Close
   Gloucester  GL2 4LZ
   United Kingdom

   Email: george.barwood@blueyonder.co.uk

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