On Mar 20, 2013, at 4:04 PM, SM <s...@resistor.net> wrote: > I might as well comment quickly about draft-housley-rfc2050bis-00. The draft > is a good effort but it might need more work in my humble opinion. > > The intended status is Informational. Is there a reason for that?
The RFC is not intended to establish anything new, only to recognize the existing agreements and practices of the IETF in this area. > Why does the document obsolete RFC 2050? There is no explanation for that in > the Abstract or the Introduction section. The explanation is in Section 5 (Summary of Changes Since RFC 2050); isn't that usual practice for an RFC which replaces another in entirety? > In Section 3: > > "Reverse DNS: In situations where reverse DNS was used, the > policies and practices of the Internet Numbers Registry System > have included consideration of the technical and operational > requirements posed by reverse DNS zone delegation [RFC3172]." > > According to RFC 5855: > > "The choice of operators for all nameservers concerned is beyond the > scope of this document and is an IANA function that falls under the > scope of Section 4 of the MoU between the IETF and ICANN [RFC2860]." > > Maybe referencing RFC 5855 would be better. It may be easier not to say > anything about reverse DNS. The text in RFC 5855 that you reference is with respect only to the two top-level reverse domains, i.e. "all nameservers concerned" is preceded by: "1. IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA to the nameservers listed in Section 2; 2. IP6-SERVERS.ARPA to the nameservers listed in Section 3." > "Per the delineation of responsibility for Internet address policy > issues specified in the IETF/IAB/ICANN MOU [RFC2860], discussions > regarding the evolution of the Internet Numbers Registry System > structure, policy, and processes are to take place within the ICANN > framework and will respect ICANN's core values [ICANNBL]. These core > values encourage broad, informed participation reflecting the > functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all > levels of policy development and decision-making, as well as the > delegation of coordination functions and recognition of the policy > roles of other responsible entities that reflect the interests of > affected parties. The discussions regarding Internet Numbers > Registry evolution must also continue to consider the overall > Internet address architecture and technical goals referenced in this > document." > > Could someone please translate the above in plain English? What's the IETF > angle in all that? It looks to be plain English to me... can you be more specific about what part of the text which is problematic? > Why should I read RFC 6484 to understand draft-housley-rfc2050bis-00? I believe this is a trailing reference that should be deleted at this point. Thanks for the comments! /John Disclaimers: My views alone. Use care in opening; contents may have shifted during electronic flight.