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draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-04
DNSOP Working Group                                    Y. Thessalonikefs
Internet-Draft                                                 W. Toorop
Intended status: Standards Track                              NLnet Labs
Expires: 19 December 2025                                      R. Arends
                                                                   ICANN
                                                            17 June 2025

                             dry-run DNSSEC
                  draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-04

Abstract

   This document describes a method called "dry-run DNSSEC" that allows
   for testing DNSSEC deployments without affecting the DNS service in
   case of DNSSEC errors.  It accomplishes that by introducing new DS
   Type Digest Algorithms that when used in every record of a DS RRset,
   referred to as dry-run DS, signal to validating resolvers that dry-
   run DNSSEC is used for the zone.  DNSSEC errors are then reported
   with DNS Error Reporting, but any bogus responses to clients are
   withheld.  Instead, validating resolvers fallback from dry-run DNSSEC
   and provide the response that would have been answered without the
   presence of the dry-run DS.  A further EDNS option is presented for
   clients to opt-in for dry-run DNSSEC errors and allow for end-to-end
   DNSSEC testing.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  DNSSEC validation of a dry-run zone . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.1.1.  Inconsistencies in the dry-run DS . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.1.2.  Use of aggressive negative caching  . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  Fallback behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.3.  NOERROR report  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.3.1.  Constructing the NOERROR Query  . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     3.4.  Opt-in end-to-end DNSSEC testing  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   4.  Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.1.  Discussion from IETF 114  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       4.1.1.  Burn a bit for dry-run DS Digest Type Algorithms  . .   8
       4.1.2.  Use a single DS Digest Type Algorithm for dry-run . .   8
   5.  Provisioning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     5.1.  Parent zone records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       5.1.1.  CDS and CDNSKEY Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     6.1.  DNSSEC status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     6.2.  Error reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.1.  DRY-RUN DS Type Digest Algorithm  . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.2.  NOERROR Extended DNS Error  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     7.3.  Wet-Run EDNS0 Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   9.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   Appendix A.  Implementation Status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Appendix B.  Change History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

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1.  Introduction

   DNSSEC was introduced to provide DNS with data origin authentication
   and data integrity.  This brought quite an amount of complexity and
   fragility to the DNS which in turn still hinders general adoption.
   When an operator decides to adopt DNSSEC on an existing insecure zone
   there is no way to realistically check that DNS resolution will not
   break for the zone.

   Recent efforts that improve troubleshooting DNS and DNSSEC include
   Extended DNS Errors [RFC8914] and DNS Error Reporting [RFC9567].  The
   former defines error codes that can be attached to a response as EDNS
   options.  The latter introduces a way for resolvers to report those
   error codes to the zone operators.

   This document describes a method called "dry-run DNSSEC" that builds
   upon the two aforementioned efforts and provides measurable feedback
   about DNSSEC resolution health to operators by enabling production
   testing of a DNSSEC zone.  This is accomplished by introducing new DS
   Type Digest Algorithms.  The zone operator signs the zone and makes
   sure that every DS record in the published DS RRset on the parent
   side use dry-run DS Type Digest Algorithm(s).

   Validating resolvers that don't support the DS Type Digest algorithms
   ignore it as per [RFC6840], Section 5.2.  Validating resolvers that
   do support dry-run DNSSEC make use of [RFC8914] and [RFC9567] to
   report any DNSSEC errors to the zone operator.  If a DNSSEC
   validation error was due to dry-run DNSSEC, validation falls back to
   insecure as the reply to the client.

   This allows real world testing with resolvers that support dry-run
   DNSSEC by reporting DNSSEC feedback, without breaking DNS resolution
   for the domain under test.

2.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119][RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   dry-run DS  The DS RRset with dry-run DS Type Digest Algorithm(s)
      that signals dry-run DNSSEC for the delegation.  All DS records in
      the RRset MUST use a dry-run DS Type Digest Algorithm.
   dry-run zone  A zone that is DNSSEC signed but uses a dry-run DS to
      signal the use of the dry-run DNSSEC method.
   dry-run parent zone  A zone that supports dry-run DNSSEC for its

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      delegation; that is support for publishing the dry-run DS.
   dry-run resolver  A validating resolver that supports dry-run DNSSEC.
   wet-run client  A client that has opted-in to receive the actual
      DNSSEC errors from the upstream validating resolver instead of the
      insecure answers.

3.  Overview

   Dry-run DNSSEC builds upon three previous experiences namely DMARC
   [RFC7489], Root Key Trust Anchor Sentinel [RFC8509] and Signaling
   Trust Anchor Knowledge [RFC8145].  The former enabled email operators
   to verify their configuration with real email servers by getting
   DMARC reports and understanding the impact on email delivery their
   configuration would have before committing to enable DMARC.
   Experience with the latter two showed that with only a small, up to
   date resolver population, the signaling is already quite substantial.

   Dry-run DNSSEC offers zone operators the means to test newly signed
   zones and a turn-key action to conclude testing and commit to the
   tested DNSSEC records.  Operators that want to use dry-run DNSSEC
   SHOULD support [RFC9567] and have a reporting agent in place to
   receive the error reports.

   The only change from normal operations when signing a zone with dry-
   run DNSSEC is to not publish the real DS RRset on the parent but
   publish the dry-run DS instead.  See Section 4 for more information
   on the dry-run DS itself, and Section 5 on the parent-child
   communication for the dry-run DS.

   [RFC9567] is used for invalid answers and it can generate reports for
   errors in dry-run DNSSEC zones.  This helps with monitoring potential
   DNS breakage when testing a DNSSEC configuration for a zone.  This is
   also the main purpose of dry-run DNSSEC.

   The newly signed zone is publicly deployed but DNSSEC configuration
   errors cannot break DNS resolution yet.  DNS Error Reports can
   pinpoint potential issues back to the operator.  When the operator is
   confident that the DNSSEC configuration under test does not introduce
   DNS breakage, the turn-key action to conclude testing and commit to
   the signed zone is to replace the dry-run DS with the real DS RRset
   on the parent zone.

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3.1.  DNSSEC validation of a dry-run zone

   Validating resolvers that don't support the DS Type Digest algorithm
   ignore it as per [RFC6840], Section 5.2.  Dry-run resolvers are
   signaled to treat the zone as a dry-run zone.  Dry-run resolvers
   SHOULD support [RFC9567] in order to report possible errors back to
   the operators.

   Valid answers as a result of dry-run validation yield authentic data
   (AD) responses and clients that expect the AD flag can already
   benefit from the transition.

   Invalid answers yield the insecure response that would have been
   answered when no dry-run DS would have been present in the parent,
   instead of SERVFAIL.  This is not proper data integrity but the
   delegation SHOULD NOT be considered DNSSEC signed at this point.

   Dry-run resolvers MAY store the dry-run validation status if they
   want to support end-to-end testing as discussed in Section 3.4.

3.1.1.  Inconsistencies in the dry-run DS

   If a dry-run DS consists of multiple DS records and not all of them
   use a dry-run DS Type Digest algorithm, the DS records with a dry-run
   DS Type Digest algorithm MUST be ignored by dry-run resolvers.  This
   means that in this case, DNSSEC validation continues only with the
   non dry-run DS records.

3.1.2.  Use of aggressive negative caching

   Aggressive negative caching [RFC8198] needs an explicit mention since
   DNSSEC faults there can lead to valid answers that could potentially
   mask underlying NSEC(3) issues.

   Dry-run resolvers that support aggressive negative caching, upon
   synthesizing an answer in a dry-run zone, SHOULD hold off using the
   synthesized answer and instead issue an explicit query for the record
   in question.  If the reply that comes back is different, i.e., the
   synthesized answer would prove that the record does not exist whereas
   the explicit query comes back with the record itself, this means that
   there lies an issue with negative records.  A report SHOULD be
   generated using the Extended DNS Error code TBD_nsec and the answer
   to the explicit upstream query SHOULD be used instead of the
   synthesized one.

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3.2.  Fallback behavior

   In case of validation errors with the dry-run DS, dry-run resolvers
   fallback to the insecure state of the zone.  Dry-run resolvers MAY
   store the dry-run validation status if they want to support end-to-
   end testing as discussed in Section 3.4.

3.3.  NOERROR report

   Dry-run DNSSEC relies on DNS Error Reporting [RFC9567] to report
   resolution errors back to the zone operators.  DNS Error Reporting
   solely addresses the reporting of DNS errors but it does not give any
   guarantees that DNS Error Reporting aware resolvers are resolving the
   zone.  This raises a concern especially for dry-run DNSSEC where
   absence of error reports needs to translate to a positive signal that
   no DNSSEC errors were encountered.

   To solve this, dry-run DNSSEC introduces the NOERROR report.  The
   NOERROR report is sent from the resolver when no error was
   encountered during dry-run DNSSEC validation and notifies the
   reporting agent of the resolver's presence.

   As with [RFC9567], Section 4 the resolver will cache the reporting
   agent reply and dampen the number of NOERROR report queries.

   The NOERROR report is using the Extended DNS Error code TBD_no.

3.3.1.  Constructing the NOERROR Query

   The QNAME for the NOERROR report query follows the same semantics as
   with [RFC9567], Section 6.1.1 and is constructed by concatenating the
   following elements:

   *  A label containing the string "_er".

   *  The decimal value "0" in a single DNS label as the QTYPE is not
      relevant for the NOERROR report.

   *  The list of non-null labels representing the apex of the query
      name that triggered this report.

   *  The decimal value of TBD_no in a single DNS label as the Extended
      DNS Error.

   *  A label containing the string "_er".

   *  The agent domain.  The agent domain as received in the EDNS0
      Report-Channel option set by the authoritative server.

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   As with [RFC9567], Section 6.1.1 if the QNAME of the report query
   exceeds 255 octets, it MUST NOT be sent.

   The apex is specifically used as the query name for resolvers to only
   send one NOERROR report (if applicable) per zone and for the
   monitoring agents to differentiate between different zones they are
   configured with.

3.4.  Opt-in end-to-end DNSSEC testing

   For further end-to-end DNS testing, a new EDNS0 option code TBD_w
   (Wet-Run DNSSEC) is introduced that a client can send along with a
   query to a validating resolver.  This signals dry-run resolvers that
   the client has opted-in to DNSSEC errors for dry-run zones.  Dry-run
   resolvers that support opt-in MUST respond with the dry-run DNSSEC
   error, if any, and MUST attach the same EDNS0 option code TBD_w in
   the response to mark the error response as coming from a dry-run
   zone.

   Dry-run resolvers that support opt-in MUST cache the DNSSEC status of
   the dry-run validation next to the actual DNSSEC status.  This
   enables cached answers to both regular and opt-in clients, similar to
   cached answers to clients with and without the CD flag set.

   Additional Extended DNS Errors can still be attached in the error
   response by the validating resolver as per [RFC8914].

   Dry-run resolvers that do not support opt-in MUST ignore the TBD_w
   EDNS0 option and MUST NOT attach the TBD_w EDNS0 option code in their
   replies.

4.  Signaling

   Signaling to dry-run resolvers that a delegation uses dry-run DNSSEC
   happens naturally with the DS RRset returned from the parent zone by
   specifying new DS Digest Type Algorithm(s).

   Each real algorithm has a potential dry-run equivalent.  Since this
   is an attribute for all available DS Digest Type Algorithms, the most
   significant bit of the DS Digest Type Algorithm is used to signal
   dry-run when that bit is set.

   Resolvers that do not support dry-run DNSSEC and have no knowledge of
   the introduced DS Digest Type Algorithms ignore them as per
   [RFC6840], Section 5.2.

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4.1.  Discussion from IETF 114

   *Note to the RFC Editor*: please remove this entire section before
   publication.

   This is addressed feedback as a result of IETF 114.  We keep it here
   for future reference while the document is advancing.

4.1.1.  Burn a bit for dry-run DS Digest Type Algorithms

   *  Viktor Dukhovni:

      -  Saner than variable variant.
      -  Hash algorithms are introduced exceedingly rarely, symmetric
         hashes are very stable.
      -  No evidence that SHA2 will be compromised in the next 100
         years; we may have SHA3 at some point but little demand.

   *  Peter Thomassen:

      -  Better to sacrifice a bit than variable length.  Also for post
         quantum crypto, in response to Paul Hoffman below, even if keys
         are large the hash value will have a constant length.

   *  Libor Peltan: (mailing list)

      -  Only a few code points in use now, it seems viable.

4.1.2.  Use a single DS Digest Type Algorithm for dry-run

   *  Need to encode the actual algorithm and data in the DS record;
      results in variable length DS record for a single algorithm.

   *  May hinder adoption due to EPP checks/requirements (known record
      length for each algorithm).

   *  Mark Andrews:

      -  Variable length will be needed for private algorithm types so
         we may as well support it here.

   *  Paul Hoffman:

      -  Recommends going to variable length to pave the way for post
         quantum crypto and the surprising length it may need.

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5.  Provisioning

   This section discusses the communication between a dry-run DNSSEC
   zone and the parent domain and the procedures that need to be in
   place in order for the parent to publish a dry-run DS for the
   delegation.  Most of the burden falls with the parent zone since they
   have to understand the delegation's intent for use of dry-run DNSSEC.
   If the parent does not accept DS records, they need to provide a
   means so that the child can mark the provided DNSKEY(s) as dry-run
   DNSSEC.  This can be achieved either by a flag on the parent's
   interface, or their willingness to accept and inspect DS records,
   that accompany DNSKEY records, for use of the DRY-RUN DS Type Digest
   Algorithm.  The case of CDS/CDNSKEY is discussed below.

5.1.  Parent zone records

   The only change that needs to happen for dry-run DNSSEC is for the
   parent to be able to publish the dry-run DS.  If the parent accepts
   DS records from the child, the child needs to provide the dry-run DS.
   If the parent does not accept DS records and generates the DS records
   from the DNSKEY, support for generating the dry-run DS record, when
   needed, should be added to the parent if dry-run DNSSEC is a
   desirable feature.

   When the child zone operator wants to complete the DNSSEC deployment,
   the parent needs to be notified for the real DS RRset publication.

5.1.1.  CDS and CDNSKEY Consideration

   CDS works as expected by providing the dry-run DS content for the CDS
   record.  CDNSKEY cannot work by itself; it needs to be accompanied by
   the aforementioned CDS to signal dry-run DNSSEC for the delegation.
   Thus, parents that rely only on CDNSKEY need to add support for
   checking the accompanying CDS record for the DRY-RUN DS Type Digest
   Algorithm and generating a dry-run DS if such a record is
   encountered.

   Operators of a dry-run child zone are advised to publish both CDS and
   CDNSKEY so that both cases above are covered.

6.  Security Considerations

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6.1.  DNSSEC status

   For the use case of DNSSEC adoption, dry-run DNSSEC disables one of
   the fundamental guarantees of DNSSEC, data integrity.  Bogus answers
   for expired/invalid data will become insecure answers providing the
   potentially wrong information back to the requester.  This is a
   feature of this proposal but it also allows forged answers by third
   parties to affect the zone.

   This should be treated as a warning that dry-run DNSSEC is not an end
   solution but rather a temporarily intermediate test step of a zone
   going secure.

   Thus, a dry-run zone (only dry-run DS on the parent) SHOULD NOT be
   considered as DNSSEC signed since it does not offer all the DNSSEC
   guarantees.

6.2.  Error reporting

   Since dry-run DNSSEC relies heavily on DNS Error Reporting [RFC9567],
   the same security considerations about the generated error reports
   apply here as well.  Especially the use of TCP or DNS Cookies for the
   reports, which can be enforced by the monitoring agent to make it
   harder to falsify the source address of error reports.

7.  IANA Considerations

7.1.  DRY-RUN DS Type Digest Algorithm

   This document defines a new entry in the "Digest Algorithms" registry
   in the "Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR) Type Digest
   Algorithms" registry at https://www.iana.org/assignments/ds-rr-types
   (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ds-rr-types) :

         +=========+================+==========+=================+
         |   Value | Description    | Status   | Reference       |
         +=========+================+==========+=================+
         | 128-255 | Dry-run DNSSEC | OPTIONAL | [this document] |
         +---------+----------------+----------+-----------------+

                                  Table 1

7.2.  NOERROR Extended DNS Error

   This document defines a new entry in the "Extended DNS Error Codes"
   registry in the "Domain Name System (DNS) Parameters" registry group
   at https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters
   (https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters) :

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          +===========+=======================+=================+
          | INFO-CODE | Purspose              | Reference       |
          +===========+=======================+=================+
          |    TBD_no | NOERROR reporting     | [this document] |
          +-----------+-----------------------+-----------------+
          |  TBD_nsec | Broken negative cache | [this document] |
          +-----------+-----------------------+-----------------+

                                  Table 2

7.3.  Wet-Run EDNS0 Option

   This document defines a new entry in the "DNS EDNS0 Option Codes
   (OPT)" registry in the "Domain Name System (DNS) Parameters" registry
   group at https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters
   (https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters) :

         +=========+================+==========+=================+
         |   Value | Name           | Status   | Reference       |
         +=========+================+==========+=================+
         | TBD_wet | Wet-Run DNSSEC | Optional | [this document] |
         +---------+----------------+----------+-----------------+

                                  Table 3

8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank the following people, in no
   particular order, who contributed into shaping this document with
   their feedback: Libor Peltan, Dave Lawrence, Paul Wouters, Tedius
   Schrijven, Mats Dufberg, Petr Špaček, Marco Davids, Mark Andrews, Ben
   Schwartz, Peter Thomassen, Gavin Brown, Nils Wisiol, Viktor Dukhovni,
   Paul Hoffman and Lars-Johan Liman.

9.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC6840]  Weiler, S., Ed. and D. Blacka, Ed., "Clarifications and
              Implementation Notes for DNS Security (DNSSEC)", RFC 6840,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC6840, February 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6840>.

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   [RFC7489]  Kucherawy, M., Ed. and E. Zwicky, Ed., "Domain-based
              Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance
              (DMARC)", RFC 7489, DOI 10.17487/RFC7489, March 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7489>.

   [RFC8145]  Wessels, D., Kumari, W., and P. Hoffman, "Signaling Trust
              Anchor Knowledge in DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)",
              RFC 8145, DOI 10.17487/RFC8145, April 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8145>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8198]  Fujiwara, K., Kato, A., and W. Kumari, "Aggressive Use of
              DNSSEC-Validated Cache", RFC 8198, DOI 10.17487/RFC8198,
              July 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8198>.

   [RFC8509]  Huston, G., Damas, J., and W. Kumari, "A Root Key Trust
              Anchor Sentinel for DNSSEC", RFC 8509,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8509, December 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8509>.

   [RFC8914]  Kumari, W., Hunt, E., Arends, R., Hardaker, W., and D.
              Lawrence, "Extended DNS Errors", RFC 8914,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8914, October 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8914>.

   [RFC9567]  Arends, R. and M. Larson, "DNS Error Reporting", RFC 9567,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9567, April 2024,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9567>.

Appendix A.  Implementation Status

   *Note to the RFC Editor*: please remove this entire section before
   publication.

   In the following implementation status descriptions, "dry-run DNSSEC"
   refers to dry-run DNSSEC as described in this document.

   None yet.

Appendix B.  Change History

   *Note to the RFC Editor*: please remove this entire section before
   publication.

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   |  Initial public draft.

   *  draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-01

   |  Document restructure and feedback incorporation from IETF 113.

   *  draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-02

   |  Document restructure and feedback incorporation from IETF 114;
   |  mainly:
   |  
   |  Use explicit dry-run algorithm types for DS.
   |  
   |  Introduce NOERROR reporting.

   *  draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-03

   |  Shape up NOERROR reporting.
   |  
   |  No need for exclusive NOERROR signal from upstream; existence of
   |  dry-run suffices.
   |  
   |  Ask for NOERROR Extended DNS Error.
   |  
   |  Remove most IETF 114 feedback sections for better flow of the
   |  document; kept the discussion about signaling.
   |  
   |  Add security considerations for increased validation workload.
   |  
   |  Add an explicit fallback behavior section.

   *  draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec-04

   |  Dry-run only specified for insecure zones.
   |  
   |  Add complete acknowledgement section covering all feedback thus
   |  far.
   |  
   |  Add explicit section about negative caching.
   |  
   |  Burn a bit in the DS Digest Type Algorithm for dry-run.
   |  
   |  Specify that all DSes in the DS set must be dry-run.

Authors' Addresses

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   Yorgos Thessalonikefs
   NLnet Labs
   Science Park 400
   1098 XH Amsterdam
   Netherlands
   Email: yorgos@nlnetlabs.nl

   Willem Toorop
   NLnet Labs
   Science Park 400
   1098 XH Amsterdam
   Netherlands
   Email: willem@nlnetlabs.nl

   Roy Arends
   ICANN
   Email: roy.arends@icann.org

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