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<div class="m-0 p-0 mb-3"> <h1><small class="font-weight-bold">COMMUNITY</small></h1> <ul class="list-inline"> <li class="list-inline-item"> Standardisation </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/community/operations/">Operations</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/community/policy/">Policy</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/community/presentations/">Presentations</a> </li> <li class="list-inline-item"> <a href="/community/publications/">Publications</a> </li> </ul> <div class="border border-black page-title-underbar"></div> </div> <p class="lead">NLnet Labs has a long history of supporting an Open Internet and Open Standards. Here is an overview of some of our work in the <em>Internet Engineering Task Force</em> (IETF) over the years.</p> <div class="section" id="leadership-roles"> <h2>Leadership roles</h2> <p>Benno Overeinder is co-chair of the <a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/dnsop/about/">DNS Operations (dnsop) Working Group</a> in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The dnsop WG will develop guidelines for the operation of DNS software and services and for the administration of DNS zones. These guidelines will provide technical information relating to the implementation of the DNS protocol by the operators and administrators of DNS zones.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="standardisation-work"> <h2>Standardisation work</h2> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dnsop-ns-revalidation/">Draft: Delegation Revalidation by DNS Resolvers</a></div> <div class="line">S. Huque (Salesforce), P. Vixie (Farsight Security), W. Toorop (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-grubto-dnsop-dns-out-of-protocol-signalling/">Draft: DNS Out Of Protocol Signalling</a></div> <div class="line">Catherine Almond (ISC), Peter van Dijk (PowerDNS), M. Groeneweg (SIDN), Stefan Ubbink (SIDN), Daniel Salzman (CZ.NIC), Willem Toorop (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9432/">RFC9432: DNS Catalog Zones</a></div> <div class="line">P.van Dijk (PowerDNS), L. Peltan (CZ.NIC), O. Sury (ISC), W. Toorop (NLnet Labs), Kees Monshouwer, Peter Thomassen (deSEC), Aram Sargsyan (ISC)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-yorgos-dnsop-dry-run-dnssec/">Draft: dry-run DNSSEC</a></div> <div class="line">Y. Thessalonikefs (NLnet Labs), W. Toorop (NLnet Labs), R. Arends (ICANN)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9156/">RFC9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy</a></div> <div class="line">S. Bortzmeyer (AFNIC), R. Dolmans (NLnet Labs), P. Hoffman (ICANN)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9103/">RFC9103: DNS Zone Transfer-over-TLS</a></div> <div class="line">W. Toorop (NLnet Labs), S. Dickinson (Sinodun IT), S. Sahib (Salesforce), P. Aras (Salesforce), A. Mankin (Salesforce)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9102/">RFC9102: TLS DNSSEC Chain Extension</a></div> <div class="line">V. Dukhovni (Two Sigma), S. Huque (Salesforce), W. Toorop (NLnet Labs), P. Wouters (Red Hat), M. Shore (Fastly)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sidrops-rpki-rov-timing/">Draft: Timing Parameters in the RPKI based Route Origin Validation Supply Chain</a></div> <div class="line">R. Bush (Internet Initiative Japan & Arrcus, Inc.), J. Borkenhagen (AT&T), T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs), J. Snijders (NTT)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sidrops-signed-tal/">Draft: RPKI Signed Object for Trust Anchor Keys</a></div> <div class="line">C. Martinez (LACNIC), G. Michaelson (APNIC), T. Harrison (APNIC), T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs), R. Austein (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9018/">RFC9018: Interoperable Domain Name System (DNS) Server Cookies</a></div> <div class="line">O. Sury (ISC), W. Toorop (NLnet Labs), D. Eastlake 3rd (Futurewei Technologies), M. Andrews (ISC)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sidrops-prefer-rrdp/">Draft: Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Repository Requirements</a></div> <div class="line">T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs), R. Bush (Internet Initiative Japan & Arrcus, Inc.), G. Michaelson (APNIC)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sidrops-rpki-rta/">Draft: A profile for Resource Tagged Attestations (RTAs)</a></div> <div class="line-block"> <div class="line">G. Michaelson (APNIC), G. Huston (APNIC), T. Harrison (APNIC), T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Lbas), M. Hoffmann (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> </div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-dprive-phase2-requirements/">Draft: DNS Privacy Requirements for Exchanges between Recursive Resolvers and Authoritative Servers</a></div> <div class="line">J. Livingood (Comcast), A. Mayrhofer (nic.at GmbH), B. Overeinder (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8932/">RFC8932: Recommendations for DNS Privacy Service Operators</a></div> <div class="line">S. Dickinson (Sinodun IT), B. Overeinder (NLnet Labs), R. van Rijswijk-Deij (NLnet Labs), A. Mankin (Salesforce)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8630/">RFC8630: Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Trust Anchor Locator</a></div> <div class="line">G. Huston (APNIC), S. Weiler (W3C/MIT), G. Michaelson(APNIC), S. Kent, T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8488/">RFC8488: RIPE NCC's Implementation of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Certificate Tree Validation</a></div> <div class="line">O. Muravskiy (RIPE NCC), T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8416/">RFC8416: Simplified Local Internet Number Resource Management with the RPKI (SLURM)</a></div> <div class="line">D. Ma (ZDNS), D. Mandelberg, T. Bruijnzeels (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7129">RFC7129: Authenticated Denial of Existence in the DNS</a></div> <div class="line">R. Gieben (Google), W. Mekking (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7127">RFC7127: Characterization of Proposed Standards</a></div> <div class="line">O. Kolkman (NLnet Labs), S. Bradner (Harvard University), S. Turner (IECA, Inc.)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6781">RFC6781: DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2</a></div> <div class="line">O. Kolkman (NLnet Labs), W. Mekking (NLnet Labs), R. Gieben (SIDN Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6672">RFC6672: DNAME Redirection in the DNS</a></div> <div class="line">S. Rose (NIST), W. Wijngaards (NLnet Labs), June 2012</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6635">RFC6635: RFC Editor Model (Version 2)</a></div> <div class="line">O. Kolkman (NLnet Labs), J. Halpern (Ericsson)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6605">RFC6605: Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) for DNSSEC</a></div> <div class="line">P. Hoffman (VPN Consortium), W.C.A. Wijngaards (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5702">RFC5702: Use of SHA-2 Algorithms with RSA in DNSKEY and RRSIG Resource Records for DNSSEC</a></div> <div class="line">J. Jansen (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4641">RFC4641: DNSSEC Operational Practices</a></div> <div class="line">O. Kolkman (NLnet Labs), R. Gieben (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3904">RFC3904: Evaluation of IPv6 Transition Mechanisms for Unmanaged Networks</a></div> <div class="line">C. Huitema (Microsoft), R. Austein (ISC), S. Satapati (Cisco Systems, Inc.), R. van der Pol (NLnet Labs)</div> <div class="line"><br/></div> <div class="line"><a class="reference external" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3750">RFC3750: Unmanaged Networks IPv6 Transition Scenarios</a></div> <div class="line">C. Huitema (Microsoft), R. Austein (ISC), S. 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