Dear HOMENET and DNSOP WG(s),

Wearing the INT AD hat.

Firstly, thank you to the DNSOP WG for the deep review, thoughts, and 
considered responses to my request for review.

Secondly, my apologies for not sharing my throughs before the HOMENET session. 
It would have been impractical to do so as this is a very (VERY) fluid 
situation with IETF leadership also engaged in discussions.

This is simply an iteration of my description of the current situation as 
delivered yesterday. Do be aware that conversations are continuing and you 
should NOT take this as a declarative statement. During the HOMENET WG session 
I specified that for this topic I am comfortable answering _ clarifying _ 
questions. The same applies here. My answers may or may not change due to the 
fluid nature of the concern and I hope you appreciate that.

My summary of the situation is this.

1) .homenet _COULD_ be added to the special use domain registry based on 
RFC6761 

2) The expected future operation of HOMENET resolution for DNSSEC validating 
stub resolvers requires a break in the DNSSEC chain of trust.

3) To achieve "2", the document _additionally_ asks IANA to insert an insecure 
delegation into the root zone

4) The ask for "3" is not covered in IETF policy terms, in fact it tries to put 
an entry into someone else's registry (the root zone), and will require a set 
of collaborative discussions with the ICANN community and a new process that 
handles this situation. There are no expectations that this process will be 
defined in a reasonable time for the uses of HOMENET.


Options, possibly not an exhaustive list

A) seek a .homenet special use domain with the request for an insecure 
delegation in the root zone. (This is what the document asks for NOW, and here 
we are)

B) seek a .homenet special use domain WITHOUT the delegation request AND ask 
the IETF/IESG/IAB to commence the discussion with the ICANN community to 
achieve an insecure delegation

c) seek a <SOMETHING>.arpa insecure special use delegation

d) go for "B" and if that doesn't work shift to "C"


Each of these have different positive and negatives in a raw technical sense, 
UI design desires, and policy and political frames.

Again, this situation is fluid and as discussions evolve I will provide more 
information when it is appropriate. In the mean-time I would very much like 
everyone to take a calming breath and understand that I am taking a very 
pragmatic view of this concern.

Cheers,
Terry
INT AD

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