Network Working Group                                         P. Pfister
Internet-Draft                                             Cisco Systems
Updates: RFC7788 (if approved)                                  T. Lemon
Intended status: Standards Track                           Nominum, Inc.
Expires: September 14, 2017                               March 13, 2017


                Special Use Top Level Domain '.homenet'
                       draft-ietf-homenet-dot-03

Abstract

   This document specifies the behavior that is expected from the Domain
   Name System with regard to DNS queries for names ending with
   '.homenet.', and designates this top-level domain as a special-use
   domain name.  The '.homenet' top-level domain replaces '.home' as the
   default domain used by the Home Networking Control Protocol (HNCP).

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  General Guidance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Domain Name Reservation Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Updates to Home Networking Control Protocol . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   7.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   Users and devices within a home network require devices and services
   to be identified by names that are unique within the boundaries of
   the home network [RFC7368].  The naming mechanism needs to function
   without configuration from the user.  While it may be possible for a
   name to be delegated by an ISP, home networks must also function in
   the absence of such a delegation.  A default name with a scope
   limited to each individual home network needs to be used.

   The '.homenet' top-level domain replaces '.home' which was specified
   in [RFC7788] as the default domain-name for home networks. '.home'
   had been selected as the most user-friendly option.  However, there
   are existing uses of '.home' that may be in conflict with this use:
   evidence indicates that '.home' queries frequently leak out and reach
   the root name servers [ICANN1] [ICANN2].  Also, ICANN has about a
   dozen applicants for the '.home' top-level domain name, which creates
   a significant risk of litigation if it were claimed by the IETF
   outside of that process.  As a result, the use of '.home' has been
   deprecated; this document updates [RFC7788] to replace '.home' with
   '.homenet', while another document, [I-D.ietf-homenet-redact]
   deprecates the use of the '.home' TLD.

   This document registers the top-level domain '.homenet.' as a
   special-use domain name [RFC6761] and specifies the behavior that is
   expected from the Domain Name System with regard to DNS queries for
   names whose rightmost non-terminal label is 'homenet'.  Queries for
   names ending with '.homenet.' are of local significance within the
   scope of a home network, meaning that identical queries will result
   in different results from one home network to another.  In other
   words, a name ending in '.homenet' is not globally unique.



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2.  General Guidance

   The top-level domain name '.homenet.' is to be used for naming within
   a home network.  Names ending with '.homenet.' reference a locally-
   served zone, the contents of which are unique only to a particular
   home network, and are not globally unique.  Such names refer to nodes
   and/or services that are located within a home network (e.g., a
   printer, or a toaster).

   DNS queries for names ending with '.homenet.' are resolved using
   local resolvers on the homenet.  Such queries MUST NOT be recursively
   forwarded to servers outside the logical boundaries of the home
   network.

   Some service discovery user interfaces that are expected to be used
   on homenets conceal information such as domain names from end users.
   However, it is still expected that in some cases, users will need to
   see, remember, and even type, names ending with '.homenet'.  It is
   therefore desirable that users identify the top-level domain and
   understand that using it expresses the intention to connect to a
   service that is specific to the home network to which they are
   connected.  Enforcing the fulfillment of this intention is out of
   scope for this document.

3.  Domain Name Reservation Considerations

   This section defines the behavior of systems involved in domain name
   resolution when serving queries for names ending with '.homenet.' (as
   per [RFC6761]).

   1.  Users can use names ending with '.homenet.' just as they would
       use any other domain name.  The '.homenet' name is chosen to be
       readily recognized by users as signifying that the name is
       addressing a service on the homenet to which the user's device is
       connected.

   2.  Applications SHOULD treat domain names ending with '.homenet.'
       just like any other FQDN, and MUST NOT make any assumption on the
       level of additional security implied by its presence.

   3.  Name resolution APIs and libraries MUST NOT recognize names that
       end in '.homenet.' as special and MUST NOT treat them
       differently.  Name resolution APIs MUST send queries for such
       names to a recursive DNS server that is configured to be
       authoritative for the .homenet zone appropriate to the home
       network.  One or more IP addresses for recursive DNS servers will
       usually be supplied to the client through router advertisements
       or DHCP.  If a host is configured to use a resolver other than



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       one that is authoritative for the appropriate .homenet zone, the
       client may be unable to resolve, or may receive incorrect results
       for, names in sub domains of ".homenet".

   4.  Unless configured otherwise, recursive resolvers and DNS proxies
       MUST behave as described in Locally Served Zones ([RFC6303]
       Section 3).  Recursive resolvers that are part of a home network
       MAY be configured manually or automatically (e.g., for auto-
       configuration purposes) to act differently, e.g., by querying
       another name server configured as authoritative for part or all
       of the '.homenet' domain, or proxying the request through a
       different mechanism.

   5.  Only a DNS server that is authoritative for the root ('.') or is
       configured to be authoritative for '.homenet' or a subdomain of
       '.homenet' will ever answer a query about '.homenet.'  In both of
       these cases, the server should simply answer as configured: no
       special handling is required.

   6.  DNS servers outside a home network should not be configured to be
       authoritative for .homenet.

   7.  DNS Registries/Registrars MUST NOT grant requests to register
       '.homenet' in the normal way to any person or entity.  '.homenet'
       MUST BE registered in perpetuity to IANA, and IANA MUST maintain
       nameservers for the zone.

4.  Updates to Home Networking Control Protocol

   The final paragraph of Homenet Considerations Protocol [RFC7788],
   section 8, is updated as follows:

   OLD:

      Names and unqualified zones are used in an HNCP network to provide
      naming and service discovery with local significance.  A network-
      wide zone is appended to all single labels or unqualified zones in
      order to qualify them. ".home" is the default; however, an
      administrator MAY configure the announcement of a Domain-Name TLV
      (Section 10.6) for the network to use a different one.  In case
      multiple are announced, the domain of the node with the greatest
      node identifier takes precedence.

   NEW:

      Names and unqualified zones are used in an HNCP network to provide
      naming and service discovery with local significance.  A network-
      wide zone is appended to all single labels or unqualified zones in



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      order to qualify them. ".homenet" is the default; however, an
      administrator MAY configure the announcement of a Domain-Name TLV
      (Section 10.6) for the network to use a different one.  In case
      multiple are announced, the domain of the node with the greatest
      node identifier takes precedence.

      The '.homenet' special-use name does not require a special
      resolution protocol.  Names for which the rightmost non-terminal
      label is 'homenet' are resolved using the DNS protocol [RFC1035].

5.  Security Considerations

   Although a DNS record returned as a response to a query ending with
   '.homenet.' is expected to have local significance and be returned by
   a server involved in name resolution for the home network the device
   is connected in, such response MUST NOT be considered more
   trustworthy than would be a similar response for any other DNS query.

   Because '.homenet' is not globally scoped and cannot be secured using
   DNSSEC based on the root domain's trust anchor, there is no way to
   tell, using a standard DNS query, in which home network scope an
   answer belongs.  Consequently, users may experience surprising
   results with such names when roaming to different home networks.  To
   prevent this from happening, it may be useful for the resolver to
   identify different home networks on which it has resolved names, but
   this is out of scope for this document.

   In order to enable DNSSEC validation of a particular '.homenet', it
   might make sense to configure a trust anchor for that homenet.  How
   this might be done is out of scope for this document.

6.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to record the top-level domain ".homenet" in the
   Special-Use Domain Names registry [SUDN].

   IANA is requested to arrange for an insecure delegation for
   '.homenet' in the root zone.  This delegation MUST NOT be signed, and
   MUST point to some IANA-operated black hole servers, for example
   BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG and BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG.  Not signing the
   delegation breaks the DNSSEC chain of trust, which prevents a
   validating stub resolver from rejecting names on a local homenet.

   This request is being made under the terms of the Memorandum of
   Understanding [RFC2860] between IETF and ICANN; the IETF considers
   the use of '.homenet' to be a "technical use" under the terms of the
   MoU.  The working group understands that there is no precedent for




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   such a request and that some process may have to be developed for
   addressing it.

7.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Stuart Cheshire for his prior work on
   '.home', as well as the homenet chairs: Mark Townsley and Ray Bellis.

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2860]  Carpenter, B., Baker, F., and M. Roberts, "Memorandum of
              Understanding Concerning the Technical Work of the
              Internet Assigned Numbers Authority", RFC 2860,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2860, June 2000,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2860>.

   [RFC6303]  Andrews, M., "Locally Served DNS Zones", BCP 163,
              RFC 6303, DOI 10.17487/RFC6303, July 2011,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6303>.

   [RFC6761]  Cheshire, S. and M. Krochmal, "Special-Use Domain Names",
              RFC 6761, DOI 10.17487/RFC6761, February 2013,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6761>.

   [I-D.ietf-homenet-redact]
              Lemon, T., "Redacting .home from HNCP", draft-ietf-
              homenet-redact-02 (work in progress), January 2017.

8.2.  Informative References

   [RFC1035]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - implementation and
              specification", STD 13, RFC 1035, DOI 10.17487/RFC1035,
              November 1987, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1035>.

   [RFC7368]  Chown, T., Ed., Arkko, J., Brandt, A., Troan, O., and J.
              Weil, "IPv6 Home Networking Architecture Principles",
              RFC 7368, DOI 10.17487/RFC7368, October 2014,
              <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7368>.

   [RFC7788]  Stenberg, M., Barth, S., and P. Pfister, "Home Networking
              Control Protocol", RFC 7788, DOI 10.17487/RFC7788, April
              2016, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7788>.

   [ICANN1]   "New gTLD Collision Risk Mitigation", October 2013,
              <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-
              new-gtld-annex-1-07oct13-en.pdf>.



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   [ICANN2]   "New gTLD Collision Occurence Management", October 2013,
              <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/resolutions-
              new-gtld-annex-1-07oct13-en.pdf>.

   [SUDN]     "Special-Use Domain Names Registry", July 2012,
              <http://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/
              special-use-domain-names.xhtml>.

Authors' Addresses

   Pierre Pfister
   Cisco Systems
   Paris
   France

   Email: pierre.pfister@darou.fr


   Ted Lemon
   Nominum, Inc.
   800 Bridge Parkway
   Redwood City, California  94065
   United States of America

   Phone: +1 650 381 6000
   Email: ted.lemon@nominum.com

























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