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  Document: draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-03.txt                  August 2003 
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                      Defining and Locating DNS Domains  
                 in the Federated Internet Registry Service 
      
      
     Status of this Memo  
      
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     Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved. 
      
      
     Abstract 
      
     This document defines LDAP schema and searching rules for DNS 
     domain names, in support of the Federated Internet Registry 
     Service (FIRS) described in [FIRS-ARCH] and [FIRS-CORE]. 
      
   
   
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     Table of Contents 
      
     1.   Introduction...............................................2 
     2.   Prerequisites and Terminology..............................3 
     3.   Naming Syntax..............................................3 
       3.1.  Normalization and Conversion............................4 
       3.2.  Escape Syntax...........................................6 
     4.   Object Classes and Attributes..............................7 
     5.   Query Processing Rules....................................10 
       5.1.  Query Pre-Processing...................................10 
       5.2.  LDAP Matching..........................................11 
       5.3.  Example Query..........................................13 
     6.   Variant Domain Names......................................14 
     7.   Security Considerations...................................14 
     8.   IANA Considerations.......................................14 
     9.   Normative References......................................15 
     10.  Changes from Previous Versions............................16 
     11.  Author's Address..........................................17 
     12.  Acknowledgments...........................................18 
     13.  Full Copyright Statement..................................18 
      
  1.      Introduction 
      
     This specification defines the naming syntax, object classes, 
     attributes, matching filters, and query processing rules for 
     storing and locating DNS domain names in the FIRS service. Refer 
     to [FIRS-ARCH] for information on the FIRS architecture and  
     [FIRS-CORE] for the schema definitions and rules which govern the 
     FIRS service as a whole. 
      
     Note that these rules and definitions only apply to domain name 
     resources, and do not apply to domainComponent entries or any 
     other domain name elements, unless explicitly defined. Also note 
     that this specification governs reverse-lookup DNS domains for 
     IPv4 and IPv6 address blocks, but that these entries are entirely 
     different from the entries which govern the actual IPv4 and IPv6 
     address blocks themselves. 
      
     The definitions in this specification are intended to be used with 
     FIRS. Their usage outside of FIRS is not prohibited, but any such 
     usage is beyond this specification's scope of authority. 
      
   
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  2.      Prerequisites and Terminology 
      
     The complete set of specifications in the FIRS collection 
     cumulative define a structured and distributed information service 
     using LDAPv3 for the data-formatting and transport functions. This 
     specification should be read in the context of that set, which 
     currently includes [FIRS-ARCH], [FIRS-CORE], [FIRS-DNSRR],  
     [FIRS-CONTCT], [FIRS-ASN], [FIRS-IPV4] and [FIRS-IPV6]. 
      
     The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL 
     NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" 
     in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. 
      
  3.      Naming Syntax 
      
     The naming syntax for DNS domains in FIRS MUST follow the form of 
     "cn=<inetDnsDomainSyntax>,cn=inetResources,<partition>", where 
     <inetDnsDomainSyntax> is the DNS domain name resource, and where 
     <partition> is a sequence of domainComponent relative 
     distinguished names which identifies the scope of authority for 
     the selected directory partition. 
      
     The inetDnsDomainSyntax syntax is as follows: 
      
          inetDnsDomainSyntax 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0 
            NAME 'inetDnsDomainSyntax' 
            DESC 'A fully-qualified DNS domain name.' ) 
      
     The inetDnsDomainSyntax uses relatively unstructured UTF-8 
     strings, using standardized procedures to produce heavily-
     normalized DNS domain names rather than using formal domain name 
     syntax rules. This is partly necessary due to conflicting syntax 
     rules in the different base specifications, but is also necessary 
     in order to support existing LDAP systems which do not know the 
     syntax rules. 
      
     Section 3.1 defines the normalization and conversion process which 
     is used to produce the standardized output. All systems which 
     generate DNS domain names for use with FIRS MUST use these 
     normalization and conversion process on those domain names. 
      
   
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  3.1.    Normalization and Conversion 
      
     The normalization and conversion routine described herein produce 
     UTF-8 [RFC2279] encoded domain names as output, with the resulting 
     sequences being suitable for equality matches, sub-string matches, 
     and a broad range of other matching operations. Once all of these 
     steps have successfully completed, the domain name can be stored 
     in the directory or used as an assertion value. Any fatal error 
     conditions encountered during these conversions MUST result in a 
     local failure; FIRS-aware applications MUST NOT store or transmit 
     non-normalized domain names for any purposes. 
      
          NOTE: The use of UTF-8 encoded domain names is ONLY required 
            for protocol-level exchanges of domain name resources. 
            Clients MAY use any encoding or transformation formats that 
            they wish for local presentation services. Specifically, 
            these requirements are intended to ensure interoperability 
            between clients and servers, and do not mandate any 
            presentation format at the client. 
      
     In general terms, the validation process requires that every 
     domain name which is to be stored in an internationalized domain 
     name element undergo a two-part conversion, with the input first 
     being reduced to its canonical IDNA-encoded form, and then being 
     expanded into its UTF-8 encoded UCS form. This process ensures 
     that the domain name has been validated as a semantically correct 
     IDNA sequence, and that the resulting internationalized domain 
     name has been properly normalized into its canonical form. 
      
     The full process is as follows: 
      
        a.  Unless otherwise explicitly defined, disable the 
            UseSTD3ASCIIRules IDNA flag and enable the AllowUnassigned 
            IDNA flag, thereby permitting the broadest range of 
            character codes to be used. 
      
        b.  If the input domain name terminates with a Full-Stop 
            character (0x2E), an Ideographic Full-Stop (U+3002), Full-
            Width Full-Stop (U+FF0E) character, or a Half-Width 
            Ideographic Full-Stop (U+FF61), but does not consist of 
            that single character alone, remove the trailing character 
            from the input. 
      
   
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        c.  If the input domain name contains any octet values which 
            need to be protected from normalization, use the escape 
            syntax described in section 3.2 to protect those octets. 
      
        d.  Perform the "ToASCII" conversion operation specified in 
            [RFC3490]. This step will reduce the input domain name to 
            the canonical IDNA-compatible form, thus ensuring that the 
            input data can be properly normalized when it is 
            reconstructed, and also ensuring that any subsequent 
            conversions back into the ASCII-compatible form will result 
            in predictable and legitimate domain names. 
      
        e.  Perform the "ToUnicode" conversion operation specified in 
            [RFC3490] against the output from step 3.1.d above. This 
            step will convert the ASCII-compatible sequence into a 
            sequence of UCS code-point values. 
      
        f.  Encode the output from step 3.1.e into UTF-8. 
      
     Note that the UseSTD3ASCIIRules and AllowUnassigned IDNA flags 
     MUST be set to their most liberal settings by default, and are not 
     to be used unless the underlying application-specific usage of a 
     domain name is known to require usage to the contrary. 
      
     By following these rules, internationalized domain names will 
     always be valid, and will always be usable by applications which 
     specifically make use of the elements, while those systems which 
     do not make explicit use of these elements but which may 
     inadvertently pass the internationalized domain names to other 
     applications will not be exposed to any potential risks which 
     could have been caused by malformed data. 
      
     Also note that these requirements are significantly more stringent 
     than the requirements for validating legacy domain names in the 
     legacy elements, and also apply to legacy-compatible domain names 
     which are stored in the internationalized elements. For example, 
     the existing domainComponent and mail attributes do not require 
     data to be validated against the known syntax rules for domain 
     names and email addresses, but instead simply limit the range of 
     character codes to a relatively small subset, while the rules 
     defined above will result in the same canonical input having a 
     stricter actual syntax. 
      
     Also note that UTF-8 character codes are frequently illegal as 
     data in URLs, and many of those octet values will probably be 
     escaped before they are stored in a URL as data. 
   
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  3.2.    Escape Syntax 
      
     Certain applications allow for the use of "unusual" characters or 
     octet values which are not typically associated with traditional 
     domain names, but which must be preserved in order for the 
     associated applications to function properly. For example, an 
     application-specific domain name may contain an Underscore 
     character (0x5F) or a Space character (0x20), or may contain a 
     "raw" octet value such as 0xC0 which cannot be treated as a UCS 
     character code during normalization routines (otherwise the 
     corresponding UCS character code value would be interpreted and 
     lowercased, thus destroying the actual octet value). 
      
     In order to ensure that these kinds of values are properly 
     preserved, a formal escape syntax is defined for their use. In 
     general terms, this syntax requires problematic eight-bit values 
     to be replaced with a Reverse-Solidus character (0x5C, "\"), 
     followed by a three-digit decimal value (in the range of "000" 
     through "255") that corresponds to the canonical octet value. 
      
     This escape syntax MUST be applied to any octet value which does 
     not explicitly represent a printable character (0x00 through 0x20, 
     0x7F through 0x9F, and 0xA0, inclusive), or which represents an 
     embedded Reverse-Solidus character (0x5C, "\"). In those cases 
     where a valid escape sequence already exists, that sequence 
     (including its leading Reverse-Solidus character) MUST NOT be 
     escaped again. 
      
     This escape syntax MAY be applied to any other character code or 
     octet value, although the unnecessary usage of this mechanism is 
     strongly DISCOURAGED. Furthermore, the availability of this 
     mechanism MUST NOT be interpreted to mean that this mechanism can 
     be used with any domain name; instead, it is only to be used with 
     application-specific domain names which explicitly allow the 
     presence of these problematic characters. 
      
     For example, if an application-specific domain name contains 
     "weird name.example.com", the "weird name" portion of that domain 
     name MUST be escaped as "weird\032name". Meanwhile, if an 
     application-specific domain name contains "local\046postmaster", 
     this sequence would be unmodified since the Reverse-Solidus 
     character is already part of a valid escape sequence. 
      
     This escape syntax MUST be applied to an input domain name before 
     that domain name undergoes the conversion process described in 
   
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     section 3.1. Furthermore, the leaf-node applications which 
     generate and use these domain names SHOULD escape the data before 
     it is passed to an LDAP agent, since those agents cannot be 
     expected to know all of the application-specific usages of a 
     domain name. For example, an application which uses a domain name 
     with an embedded Full-Stop character (0x2E, ".") SHOULD escape 
     that character before storing or passing the domain name to an 
     LDAP agent, thus eliminating the possibility of having that agent 
     interpret the embedded Full-Stop character as a label separator. 
      
     Note that any Reverse Solidus characters in the resulting domain 
     name will be further escaped when these sequences are transferred 
     in LDAP messages. For example, "weird\032name" will be further 
     escaped as "weird\\032name" when it is passed in an LDAP message 
     (this secondary escape will be stripped upon receipt, leaving the 
     escaped domain name in its original form). 
      
     Also note that Reverse-Solidus characters are frequently illegal 
     as data in URIs, and these characters will probably end up being 
     percent-escaped whenever they are provided in a URI as data. 
      
  4.      Object Classes and Attributes 
      
     DNS domain name entries in FIRS MUST use the inetDnsDomain object 
     class, in addition to the mandatory object classes defined in 
     [FIRS-CORE]. DNS domain name entries MUST be treated as containers 
     capable of holding subordinate entries. 
      
     If an entry exists as a referral source, the entry MUST be defined 
     with the referral object class, in addition to the other object 
     classes defined above. Referral sources MUST NOT contain 
     subordinate entries. Refer to section 3.5 of [FIRS-CORE] for more 
     information on referral entries in FIRS. 
      
     The inetDnsDomain object class is a structural object class which 
     is subordinate to the inetResources object class. The 
     inetDnsDomain object class has no mandatory attributes, although 
     it does have several optional attributes. The inetDnsDomain object 
     class also inherits the attributes defined in the inetResources 
     object class, including the "cn" naming attribute. 
      
     Domain name entries MAY also be defined with the inetDnsRR 
     auxiliary object class (as described in [FIRS-DNSRR]), which 
     provides DNS resource records as attributes. For example, if a 
     domain name entry needs to publish a list of authoritative DNS 
     servers for the associated domain name, those values would be 
   
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     provided through the use of the inetDnsRR object class and its 
     related attributes. 
      
     The schema definition for the inetDnsDomain object class is as 
     follows: 
      
          inetDnsDomain 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.1 
            NAME 'inetDnsDomain' 
            DESC 'DNS domain attributes.' 
            SUP inetResources 
            STRUCTURAL 
            MAY ( inetDnsDelegationStatus $ inetDnsDelegationDate $ 
             inetDnsRegistrar $ inetDnsRegistry $ inetDnsContacts ) ) 
      
     The attributes from the inetDnsDomain object class are described 
     below: 
      
          inetDnsContacts 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.2 
            NAME 'inetDnsContacts' 
            DESC 'Contacts for general administrative issues concerning 
            this domain name.' 
            EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.4.0 ) 
      
          inetDnsDelegationDate 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.3 
            NAME 'inetDnsDelegationDate' 
            DESC 'Date this DNS domain name was delegated.' 
            EQUALITY generalizedTimeMatch 
            ORDERING generalizedTimeOrderingMatch 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.24 
            SINGLE-VALUE ) 
      
          inetDnsDelegationStatus 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.4 
            NAME 'inetDnsDelegationStatus' 
            DESC 'Delegation status of this domain name.' 
            EQUALITY numericStringMatch 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.36{2} 
            SINGLE-VALUE ) 
      
   
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            NOTE: In an effort to facilitate internationalization and 
            programmatic processing, the current status of a delegation 
            is identified by a 16-bit integer. The values and status 
            mapping is as follows: 
      
                 0   Reserved delegation (permanently inactive) 
                 1   Assigned and active (normal state) 
                 2   Assigned but not yet active (new delegation) 
                 3   Assigned but on hold (disputed) 
                 4   Assignment revoked (database purge pending) 
      
            Additional values are reserved for future use, and are to 
            be administered by IANA. 
      
            Note that there is no status code for "unassigned"; 
            unassigned entries SHOULD NOT exist, and SHOULD NOT be 
            returned as answers. 
      
          inetDnsRegistrar 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.5 
            NAME 'inetDnsRegistrar' 
            DESC 'Registrar who delegated this domain name.' 
            EQUALITY caseExactMatch 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 ) 
      
            NOTE: The inetDnsRegistrar attribute uses a URL to indicate 
            the registrar who delegated the domain name. The attribute 
            structure is identical to the labeledURI attribute, as 
            defined in [RFC2798], including the URL and textual 
            comments. The data can refer to any valid URL. 
      
          inetDnsRegistry 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.6 
            NAME 'inetDnsRegistry' 
            DESC 'Registry where this domain name is managed.' 
            EQUALITY caseExactMatch 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 ) 
      
            NOTE: The inetDnsRegistry attribute uses a URL to indicate 
            the registry who is ultimately responsible for the domain 
            name. The attribute structure is identical to the 
            labeledURI attribute, as defined in [RFC2798], including 
            the URL and textual comments. The data can refer to any 
            valid URL. 
      
   
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     Two examples of the inetDnsDomain object class are shown below. 
     The examples also include attributes from the inetResources and 
     referral object classes. 
      
          cn=example.com,cn=inetResources,dc=com 
          [top object class] 
          [inetResources object class] 
          [inetDnsDomain object class] 
          | 
          +-attribute: description 
          | value: "The example.com DNS domain" 
          | 
          +-attribute: inetDnsContacts 
          | value: "hostmaster@example.com" 
          | 
          +-cn=ref1,cn=example.com,cn=inetResources,dc=com 
            [top object class] 
            [inetResources object class] 
            [inetDnsDomain object class] 
            [referral object class] 
            | 
            +-attribute: ref 
              value: "ldap:///dc=registrar,dc=com??? 
                     (1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0.1:=example.com)" 
      
     Figure 1: The entry for the example.com DNS domain name in the 
     dc=com partition, and a referral child entry. 
      
  5.      Query Processing Rules 
      
     Queries for DNS domain names have several special requirements, as 
     discussed in the following sections. 
      
     Refer to [FIRS-CORE] for general information about FIRS queries. 
      
  5.1.    Query Pre-Processing 
      
     FIRS clients MUST use the top-down bootstrap model by default for 
     DNS domain name queries. As such, the search base for default 
     queries would be set to the right-most domainComponent relative 
     distinguished name of the authoritative partition, rather than 
     being set to the fully-qualified distinguished name of the 
     authoritative partition. 
      
     FIRS clients MAY use the targeted or bottom-up bootstrap models 
     for queries if necessary or desirable. However, it is not likely 
   
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     that entries will be found for all DNS domain name resources using 
     these models. As such, the top-down bootstrap model will be the 
     most useful in most cases, and MUST be used by default. 
      
     When the bottom-up bootstrap model is used, the authoritative 
     partition for a DNS domain name is determined by mapping the 
     normalized domain name to a sequence of domainComponent labels. 
      
     As a simple example, "www.example.com" would be mapped to the 
     "dc=www,dc=example,dc=com" authoritative partition, with this 
     partition being used to seed the query process. As a slightly more 
     complex example, the domain name of "weird name.example.com" would 
     be mapped to "dc=weird\032name,dc=example,dc=com". 
      
     Since the domainComponent attribute is restricted to seven-bit 
     characters, the normalized DNS domain name MUST be converted to 
     its IDNA form using the "ToASCII" conversion operation specified 
     in [RFC3490] before these lookups are performed, with the 
     "UseSTD3ASCIIRules" flag disabled (FIRS applications MAY reuse the 
     output from the conversion performed in step 3.1.d if the entire 
     conversion process is known to have completed successfully). The 
     resulting sequence of ASCII labels are used to form the 
     domainComponent sequence which represents the authoritative 
     partition for the DNS domain name. 
      
  5.2.    LDAP Matching 
      
     If the server advertises the inetDnsDomain object class and the 
     inetDnsDomainMatch matching filter in the inetResourcesControl 
     server control, FIRS clients MUST use the inetDnsDomainMatch 
     matching filter in LDAP searches for DNS domain name entries. 
      
     The inetDnsDomainMatch filter provides an identifier and search 
     string format which collectively inform a queried server that a 
     specific DNS domain name should be searched for, and that any 
     inetDnsDomain object class entries which either match or are 
     delegation parents to the assertion value should be returned. 
      
     The inetDnsDomainMatch filter is defined as follows: 
      
          inetDnsDomainMatch 
          ( 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0.1 
            NAME 'inetDnsDomainMatch' 
            SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0 ) 
      
   
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     Clients MUST ensure that the query input is normalized according 
     to the rules specified in section 3 before the input is used as 
     the assertion value to the resulting LDAP query. 
      
     A FIRS server MUST compare the assertion value against the 
     distinguished name of all entries within and beneath the container 
     specified by the search base of the query. Any entry in that 
     hierarchy with an object class of inetDnsDomain and a 
     distinguished name component that is either equal to or is a 
     delegation parent of the domain name provided in the assertion 
     value MUST be returned to the client (this specifically includes 
     any child entries, such as referral stubs). Entries which do not 
     have an object class of inetDnsDomain MUST NOT be returned. 
     Entries with distinguished name for other delegation hierarchies 
     MUST NOT be returned. Entries with distinguished names for child 
     domains MUST NOT be returned. 
      
     An example of this matching logic is illustrated below, using the 
     assertion value of "example.com" and the search base of 
     "cn=inetResources,dc=com": 
      
          set searchBase "cn=inetResources,dc=com" 
          find ( ( objectClass equals inetDnsDomain) and 
                  ( ( nameComponent equals "cn=com" ) or 
                    ( nameComponent equals "cn=example.com") ) 
      
     Domain names MUST be compared on label boundaries, and MUST NOT be 
     compared through simple character matching. Given two entries of 
     "cn=example.com" and "cn=an-example.com", only the first would 
     match an assertion value of "example.com".  
      
     Note that the entry name of "cn=." encompasses the entire DNS 
     domain namespace. When used in conjunction with referrals, this 
     entry MAY be used to redirect all inetDnsDomainMatch queries to 
     another partition for subsequent processing. 
      
     The matching filters defined in this specification MUST be 
     supported by FIRS clients and servers. FIRS servers MAY support 
     additional matching filters, although FIRS clients MUST NOT expect 
     any additional filters to be available. 
      
     If the server does not advertise support for the 
     inetDnsDomainMatch matching filter in the inetResourcesControl 
     server control, the client MAY choose to emulate the matching 
     filter through the use of locally-constructed equalityMatch 
     filters. However, this process can result in incomplete answers in 
   
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     some cases, so if the server advertises support for the 
     inetDnsDomainMatch matching filter in the inetResourcesControl 
     control, the client MUST use it. 
      
  5.3.    Example Query 
      
     The following example assumes that the user has specified 
     "www.example.com" as the query value: 
      
        a.  Normalize the input, which is "www.example.com" in this 
            case. 
      
        b.  Determine the authoritative partition, which is 
            "dc=www,dc=example,dc=com" in this case. By default, 
            queries for DNS domain names use the top-down model, 
            meaning that the right-most relative distinguished name of 
            "dc=com" will be used. 
      
        c.  Determine the search base for the query, which will be 
            "cn=inetResources,dc=com" if the defaults are used. 
      
        d.  Initiate a DNS lookup for the SRV resource records 
            associated with "_ldap._tcp.com." For the purpose of this 
            example, assume that this lookup succeeds, with the DNS 
            response message indicating that "firs.iana.org" is the 
            preferred LDAP server. 
      
        e.  Submit an LDAPv3 query to the specified server, using 
            "(1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0.1:=www.example.com)" as the 
            matching filter, "cn=inetResources,dc=com" as the search 
            base, and the global query defaults defined in [FIRS-CORE]. 
      
        f.  Assume that the queried server returns a continuation 
            reference referral which points to 
            "ldap:///cn=inetResources,dc=netsol,dc=com". The 
            distinguished name element of 
            "cn=inetResources,dc=netsol,dc=com" will be used as the new 
            search base, while "dc=netsol,dc=com" will be used as the 
            new authoritative partition. 
      
        g.  Initiate a DNS lookup for the SRV resource records 
            associated with "_ldap._tcp.netsol.com." For the purpose of 
            this example, assume that this lookup succeeds, with the 
            DNS response message indicating that "firs.netsol.org" is 
            the preferred LDAP server. 
      
   
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        h.  Submit an LDAPv3 query to the specified server, using 
            "(1.3.6.1.4.1.7161.1.3.0.1:=www.example.com)" as the 
            matching filter, "cn=inetResources,dc=netsol,dc=com" as the 
            search base, and the global query defaults defined in 
            [FIRS-CORE]. 
      
        i.  Assume that no other referrals are received. Display the 
            answer data which has been received and exit the query. 
      
  6.      Variant Domain Names 
      
     Some domain operators have policies which require that variant 
     forms of a domain name be assigned or reserved whenever the 
     underlying domain name is registered. For example, a domain 
     operator may choose to reserve look-alike forms of "foo" 
     (including "f00" and "fo0" and so forth), thereby preventing other 
     entities from registering the look-alike domain name. 
      
     This document reserves the inetDnsDelegationStatus attribute value 
     of "5" specifically for use with the look-alike domains. In this 
     model, the canonical domain name would have a typical entry, while 
     all of the look-alike domains would have entries with the 
     inetDnsDelegationStatus attribute value of "5", and would only 
     exist as referrals to the canonical domain name's entry. Searches 
     and lookups for the variant domain names would return referrals 
     which point to the canonical domain name entry. 
      
     An entry for the canonical domain name MUST exist in the 
     appropriate partition(s). These entries MAY include the variant 
     domain names as values of the optional inetAssociatedDnsDomains 
     attribute, if desired. 
      
  7.      Security Considerations 
      
     Security considerations are discussed in [FIRS-ARCH]. 
      
  8.      IANA Considerations 
      
     This specification assumes the existence of partitions for each of 
     the top-level domain names in the global DNS namespace, with the 
     expectation that FIRS-capable LDAP servers will be established for 
     each of these partitions, and with these partition containing 
     domain delegation entries which will provide referrals to the 
     appropriate registrar's partitions. It is expected that IANA will 
     encourage top-level domain registry operators to oversee the 
     creation and management of these resources. 
   
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     It is further expected that IANA will oversee the creation and 
     management of the root domain's LDAP SRV resource records, the 
     "dc=." LDAP partition, and the necessary LDAP servers. 
      
     The inetDnsDelegationStatus attribute uses numeric code values. It 
     is expected that IANA will manage the assignment of these values. 
      
     Additional IANA considerations are discussed in [FIRS-ARCH]. 
      
  9.      Normative References 
      
          [FIRS-ARCH]   Hall, E. "The Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service: Architecture and Implementation 
                         Guide", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-arch-03, August 
                         2003. 
      
          [FIRS-ASN]    Hall, E. "Defining and Locating Autonomous 
                         System Numbers in the Federated Internet 
                         Registry Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-asn-
                         03, August 2003. 
      
          [FIRS-CONTCT] Hall, E. "Defining and Locating Contact 
                         Persons in the Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-contact-03, 
                         August 2003. 
      
          [FIRS-CORE]   Hall, E. "The Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service: Core Elements", draft-ietf-crisp-
                         firs-core-03, August 2003. 
      
          [FIRS-DNSRR]  Hall, E. "Defining and Locating DNS Resource 
                         Records in the Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dnsrr-02, July 
                         2003. 
      
          [FIRS-IPV4]   Hall, E. "Defining and Locating IPv4 Address 
                         Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv4-03, 
                         August 2003. 
      
          [FIRS-IPV6]   Hall, E. "Defining and Locating IPv6 Address 
                         Blocks in the Federated Internet Registry 
                         Service", draft-ietf-crisp-firs-ipv6-03, 
                         August 2003. 
      
          [RFC2181]     Elz, R., and Bush, R. "Clarifications to the 
                         DNS Specification", RFC 2181, July 1997.  
      
   
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          [RFC2247]     Kille, S., Wahl, M., Grimstad, A., Huber, R., 
                         and Sataluri, S. "Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 
                         DNs", RFC 2247, January 1998. 
      
          [RFC2251]     Wahl, M., Howes, T., and Kille, S. 
                         "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)", 
                         RFC 2251, December 1997. 
      
          [RFC2252]     Wahl, M., Coulbeck, A., Howes, T., and Kille, 
                         S. "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 
                         (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions", RFC 2252, 
                         December 1997. 
      
          [RFC2254]     Howes, T. "The String Representation of LDAP 
                         Search Filters", RFC 2254, December 1997. 
      
          [RFC2279]     Yergeau, F. "UTF-8, a transformation format of 
                         ISO 10646", RFC 2279, January 1998. 
      
          [RFC3490]     Faltstrom, P., Hoffman, P., and Costello, A. 
                         "Internationalizing Domain Names in 
                         Applications (IDNA)", RFC 3490, March 2003. 
      
          [STD13]       Mockapetris, P. "Domain names - concepts and 
                         facilities", STD 13, RFC 1034 and "Domain 
                         names - implementation and specification", STD 
                         13, RFC 1035, November 1987. 
      
          [US-ASCII]    Cerf, V. "ASCII format for Network 
                         Interchange", RFC 20, October 1969. 
      
  10.     Changes from Previous Versions 
      
     draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-03: 
      
        *   Several clarifications and corrections have been made. 
      
        *   The normalization rules were rewritten to be more exacting 
            and precise. 
      
        *   Clarified the matching behavior, and added sample logic 
            that demonstrates efficient matching behavior. 
      
        *   The inetDnsAuthServers attribute was removed. Name servers 
            for a domain resource should be listed using the inetDnsRR 
            object class instead. 
      
   
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        *   Several attributes had their OIDs changed. NOTE THAT THIS 
            IS AN INTERNET DRAFT, AND THAT THE OIDS ARE SUBJECT TO 
            ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS THIS DOCUMENT IS EDITED. 
      
     draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-02: 
      
        *   Several clarifications and corrections have been made. 
      
        *   Several attributes had their OIDs changed. NOTE THAT THIS 
            IS AN INTERNET DRAFT, AND THAT THE OIDS ARE SUBJECT TO 
            ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS THIS DOCUMENT IS EDITED. 
      
     draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-01: 
      
        *   Several clarifications and corrections have been made. 
      
     draft-ietf-crisp-firs-dns-00: 
      
        *   Restructured the document set. 
      
        *   "Attribute references" have been eliminated from the 
            specification. All referential attributes now provide 
            actual data instead of URL pointers to data. Clients that 
            wish to retrieve these values will need to start new 
            queries using the data values instead of URLs. 
      
        *   The various modified* operational attributes have been 
            eliminated as unnecessary. 
      
        *   Several attributes had their OIDs changed. NOTE THAT THIS 
            IS AN INTERNET DRAFT, AND THAT THE OIDS ARE SUBJECT TO 
            ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS THIS DOCUMENT IS EDITED. 
      
     draft-ietf-crisp-lw-dns-01: 
      
        *   Added discussion for internationalized domain names. 
      
        *   Moved attribute-specific security requirements to the 
            Security section. 
      
  11.     Author's Address 
      
     Eric A. Hall 
     ehall@ehsco.com 
      
   
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  12.     Acknowledgments 
      
     Funding for the RFC editor function is currently provided by the 
     Internet Society. 
      
     Portions of this document were funded by Verisign Labs. 
      
     The first version of this specification was co-authored by Andrew 
     Newton of Verisign Labs, and subsequent versions continue to be 
     developed with his active participation. 
      
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