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BIND 9.17 Plan

Last edited by Matthijs Mekking
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  1. Networking
  • Client->Server communication with wpk-NetMgr (Priority 1)
    • February 2020 UDP Dispatcher (@wpk, @each)
    • April 2020 Code simplification of client tools (@wpk, @each)
  • DNS over HTTP(2) (Priority 1)
    • February 2020 DoH design document posted in gitlab.isc.org (@wpk)
    • April 2020 DoH support in the main DNS clients (dig, delv) in development version of BIND 9
    • June 2020 DoH server code available in development version of BIND 9
    • August 2020 DoH support in the rest of the DNS clients (mdig, dnsupdate) in development version of BIND 9
    • September 2020 DoH backported to Extended Support Version (9.16) of BIND 9
  • DNS over TLS (Priority 3)
    • TBD Server - named as resolver, but auth implicitly
    • TBD Client(?) - dig, delv, named as forwarder
    • TBD *XFR
  1. Improve BIND management
  • Stork Metrics (Priority 1)
    • January 2020 Adding the new required counters (@matthijs)
    • March 2020 Add the rest of the interfaces needed for Stork (@matthijs)
  • BIND statistics system overhaul (#38) (Priority 2)
    • Define the new interface for statistics (write design document)
    • Implement the new interface for statistics
    • Convert the existing statistics to new API
    • Convert the modules to use the new API
  • Clarify, improve operational utility of statistics and accuracy for (resource consumption, performance, exception alerting) (Priority 3)
  • Catalog zones update per the Draft (Priority 4)
  • Zone templates (Priority 4)
  1. Operational enhancements
  • DNSSEC Made Complete (Priority 2)
    • Extend keymgr (NSEC3, purge keys, CD, CDNSKEY, times) (@matthijs)
    • Full support for tools (@matthijs)
    • Full support for HSMs
    • Offline KSK (@matthijs)
    • Key Sharing
    • RFC 5011 (@matthijs)
    • Parent-child updating phase 2
  1. Solution for CNAME at the apex problem (Priority 3)
  • ANAME draft implemented in a BIND module
  • HTTPSSRV (In Review)
  1. Refactoring
  • Refactoring / replacing the task+taskmanager code+timers (Priority 4)
    • libevent/libuv in BIND 9.15/9.16
  • lib/dns/zone.c: Refactoring
  1. Other
  • March 2020 Sphinx-doc (Priority 3) (@oerdnj)
  • January 2020 Automake (Priority 3) (@oerdnj)

Stretch Goals

  • EDNS Tag draft (draft-bellis-dnsop-edns-tags)

  • DNS extended errors draft

  • EDNS chain

  • Faster, more efficient zone content propagation zone updates

  • Whole answer cache as module if it significantly improves performance (Witold's and Evan's pet project)

  • Zone file digest (integrity of updates)

  • GUI/API for managing configuration of multiple servers in one place.

    • Joint project with Kea
    • package RNDC python library

  • Provisioning of zones and configuration -- Catalog zones++ -- like PowerDNS master server, something that will master the views and acls as well as the zones

  • Lockless data structures (queues, lists)

  • NSEC5 - Experimental; Depends on crypto availability in OpenSSL

    • Actually going to be implemented by BU

  • Telemetry (Call Home)

    • Telemetry on options used
    • Version check

  • DNS Stateful Operations

New ideas

  • Log cycle buffer

Stork