On Mar 27, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Mike Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> Comments? Ideas? Does someone want to make a slightly more formal
> proposal for what such a protocol should look like?

In the responses so far, I have not seen people give one of the earlier-stated 
reasons why such a protocol might be bad: it can allow an attacker to more 
easily temporarily take over your zone. Assume that you're an attacker who has 
gotten the temporary ability to be on-path for one or more of a zone's servers. 
Being able to send out "please refresh my zone" alerts makes your attack much 
more effective. Further, when discovered, and the real zone owner sends out 
another blast of "please refresh my zone", recipients might think "I already 
did that" and ignore it.

Thus, the protocol proposed probably has to involve a requirement for DNSSEC 
validation of announcements, which will limit its utility.

--Paul Hoffman
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