BCP 246
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RFC 10026: BCP 246: Operational Recommendations for DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) Automation
- S. Sheng
- P. Thomassen
- July 2026
- IETF publication
- Operations and Management Area
Abstract
Enabling support for automatic acceptance of DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) parameters from the Child DNS operator (via RFCs 7344, 8078, and 9615) requires the Parental Agent, often a registry or registrar, to make a number of technical decisions around acceptance checks, error and success reporting, and multi-party issues such as concurrent updates. This document describes recommendations about how these points are best addressed in practice.
Abstract
Enabling support for automatic acceptance of DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) parameters from the Child DNS operator (via RFCs 7344, 8078, and 9615) requires the Parental Agent, often a registry or registrar, to make a number of technical decisions around acceptance checks, error and success reporting, and multi-party issues such as concurrent updates. This document describes recommendations about how these points are best addressed in practice.