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DNSSEC Working Group Brian Wellington (TISLabs)
INTERNET-DRAFT Olafur Gudmundsson (TISLabs)
February 1999
<draft-ietf-dnsind-dddd-00.txt>
Updates: RFC 2136
Deferred Dynamic Domain Name System (DNS) Delete Operations
Status of this Memo
This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
all provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.
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Abstract
This document proposes a mechanism for notifying a dynamic DNS server
that a delete operation should be performed at a certain point in the
future. This works within the framework of the current DNS dynamic
update protocol, and provides needed functionality for clients with
leased dynamic addresses.
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1 - Introduction
Dynamic update operations for the Domain Name System [RFC1034, RFC1035]
are defined in [RFC2136], but there is no automated method of specifying
that records should have a fixed lifetime, or lease.
1.1 - Overview of DNS Dynamic Update
DNS dynamic update defines a new DNS opcode and a new interpretation of
the DNS message if that opcode is used. An update can specify
insertions or deletions of data, along with prerequisites necessary for
the updates to occur. All tests and changes for a DNS update request
are restricted to a single zone, and are performed at the primary server
for the zone. The primary server for a dynamic zone must increment the
zone SOA serial number when an update occurs or before the next
retrieval of the SOA.
1.2 - Overview of DHCP leases
DHCP [RFC2131] provides a means for a host to obtain a network address
from a DHCP server. The server may ``lease'' this address to the host,
meaning that it is valid only for the period of time specified in the
lease. The host may may extend its lease with subsequent requests, or
may issue a message to release the address back to the server when it is
no longer needed.
2 - Background
When a host receives dynamic addresses with associated dynamic DNS
records, the records can be updated by either the host or the DHCP
server. If possible, update by the server is recommended, since the
server maintains lease information for each address. In some cases,
though, the server cannot update some or all of the DNS records. This
happens when the DNS and DHCP server are under different administration,
for example.
A host can easily update its own DNS records when receiving information
from the DHCP server. It can also delete its records when shutting
down. If the host unexpectedly goes down, though, it cannot delete the
records. When the DHCP lease on the address expires and is not renewed,
the DHCP server may reassign the address. The DNS records now point to
an assigned address, but not the correct address. Until the host
updates its records again, DNS will contain bad information.
Since the DHCP and DNS servers are often not co-located with the
clients, the possibility of a host unexpectedly going down and not
communicating with the servers is non-trivial.
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If the host could set a lease on the DNS records similar to that on its
address, the DNS records would lose validity at the same time as the
address. This would prevent bad information from remaining in DNS. DNS
has no such provision for leases, though, since this would require
storing a lease time along with each record (or each record in a dynamic
zone).
An alternative method is suggested. A ``delete'' update is sent along
with the ``add'' update, but the delete is marked in such a way that it
will not be executed immediately. Instead, it will be stored for the
specified amount of time before being applied. If the host wishes to
extend or shorten the lifetime of the DNS record(s), it can replace the
``deferred delete'' record, which will reset the lease time of the
record(s). The ``deferred delete'' record would, of course, also be
removed if a normal delete update was received.
This functionality is useful for DHCP leases and maintainance of IPv6
routing prefixes. DNSSEC compliant server can also use deferred dynamic
delete information to compute signatures of records affected by the
delete operation prior to the delete operation, using spare cycles.
3 - Protocol changes
When doing a delete update operation as defined in [RFC2136] (deleting
an RR, an RRset, or all RRset from a name), the TTL field MUST be
specified as 0. An [RFC2136] compliant server will reject an update
record with a non-zero TTL. This document overloads the TTL field. If
TTL is non-zero, the value represents the number of seconds (a 32 bit
unsigned integer) before which the delete will be applied to the zone.
Thus, the delete operation will be deferred for that number of seconds,
where the number of seconds indicates the lease time. A 32 bit integer
provides for a lease time of over 136 years, which should be long enough
for most uses.
3.1 - Storage and execution
Deferred delete records are stored, persistently, by the name server.
The name server SHOULD attempt to evaluate the deletes in a timely
manner.
3.2 - Processing of deferred deletes
When a deferred delete is received, the server must check to see if it
matches an existing deferred delete records, where matching indicates
the same name, type, class, and rdata. If a match is found, the new
deferred delete MUST replace the old one. If the deferred delete does
not refer to any record in the server, it should fail as a normal delete
would.
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3.3 - Processing of normal deletes
When a normal delete is received and accepted, the server MUST purge any
deferred delete that no longer refers to any records.
3.4 - Processing of cancellations
The value 0xFFFFFFFF (the largest unsigned 32 bit integer) in the TTL
field has a special meaning. If a delete containing this lease time is
received, the server will unconditionally remove any matching deferred
deletes.
3.5 - Processing of adds
When data is added through a dynamic update which matches a deferred
delete, there is no additional processing done.
3.6 - Detecting server support of Deferred Delete
Client can determine if server supports deferred delete by the return
code of a deferred delete request by sending a ADD + Delete request to
the server, where the delete has low TTL. RFC2136 compliant server MUST
return either rcode FORMERR or NOTIMPL. Server compliant with this
document will return NOERROR.
4 - TTL Modification
4.1 - Initial TTL Limits
The TTL of all added or updated RRs in the Update Section SHOULD be
maximized silently to one half of the lease time. This will cause
downstream caching name servers to purge RRsets containing this RR at
least once before expiry.
4.2 - TTL Half Life
Each time an RR's expiry reaches half of its previous value, that RR's
TTL will be reduced to half of its previous value, until the TTL reaches
a value less than or equal to sixty (60), i.e., one minute of real time,
at which time the TTL will not be automatically reduced further by the
primary master. It should be noted that RRs held in a server's memory
need not be swept for half life processing, as long as the TTL changes
appear when the RR next becomes externally visible, and as long as the
``zone has changed'' processing (see below) is done at the time of the
half life expiration.
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Whenever the TTL is automatically reduced by this process, the zone will
be considered ``changed'' for the purpose of automatic SOA SERIAL
increment (as in [RFC2136]) and real time zone slave notification
[RFC1996].
5 - Usage
Normally, a deferred delete update will initially be sent along with an
add, although this is not required. Further updates to the deferred
delete will be sent independently. If the deferred delete is associated
with a leased address, the lease time of the update SHOULD be
approximately equal to the lease time of the address.
6 - Security considerations
This addition to the dynamic DNS protocol does not affect the security
of the protocol. If security is desired, TSIG [TSIG] and/or DNSSEC
[secext2] authentication should be used, as specified in [simple-update]
or [RFC2137, update2]. The authors strongly recommend using security
along with this protocol.
If a DNSSEC signed-zone is modified with deferred deletes, the server
must resign any affected records when the delete is executed. No
special processing is required when the delete is received.
7 - IANA Considerations
None.
8 - References
[RFC1034] P. Mockapetris, ``Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities,''
RFC 1034, ISI, November 1987.
[RFC1035] P. Mockapetris, ``Domain Names - Implementation and
Specification,'' RFC 1035, ISI, November 1987.
[RFC1996] P. Vixie ``A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone
Changes (DNS NOTIFY),'' RFC 1996, ISC, August 1996.
[RFC2136] P. Vixie (Ed.), S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound ``Dynamic
Updates in the Domain Name System,'' RFC 2136, ISC & Bellcore
& Cisco & DEC, April 1997.
[RFC2137] D. Eastlake ``Secure Domain Name System Dynamic Update,'' RFC
2137, CyberCash, April 1997.
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[secext2] D. Eastlake ``Domain Name System Security Extensions,''
draft-ietf-dnssec-secext2-07.txt, IBM, December 1998.
[TSIG] P. Vixie (ed), O. Gudmundsson, D. Eastlake, B. Wellington
``Secret Key Transaction Signatures for DNS (TSIG),'' draft-
ietf-dnsind-tsig-08.txt, ISC & TIS & IBM, February 1999.
[simple-update]
B. Wellington ``Simple Secure Domain Name System (DNS)
Dynamic Update,'' draft-ietf-dnsind-simple-update-00.txt,
TISLabs, November 1998.
[update2] D. Eastlake ``Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic
Update,'' draft-ietf-dnssec-update2-00.txt, Transfinite
Systems Company, August 1998.
8 - Author's Address
Brian Wellington Olafur Gudmundsson
TISLabs at Network Associates TISLabs at Network Associates
3060 Washington Road, Route 97 3060 Washington Road, Route 97
Glenwood, MD 21738 Glenwood, MD 21738
+1 443 259 2369 +1 443 259 2389
+1 301 854 6889 (main number) +1 301 854 6889
<bwelling@tislabs.com> <ogud@tislabs.com>
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