The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone Status' <draft-ietf-dnsext-zone-status-05.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the DNS Extensions Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Erik Nordmark and Thomas Narten. Technical Summary The document presents rge definition of a secured zone, clarifying and updating sections of RFC 2535. RFC 2535 defines a zone to be secured based on a per algorithm basis, e.g., a zone can be secured with RSA keys, and not secured with DSA keys. This document changes this to define a zone to be secured or not secured regardless of the key algorithm used (or not used). To further simplify the determination of a zone's status, "experimentally secure" status is deprecated. Working Group Summary There was WG consensus to advance the document. Protocol Quality The specification has been reviewed for the IESG by Erik Nordmark.
