RFC 7646 · INFORMATIONAL · 2015

Definition and Use of DNSSEC Negative Trust Anchors

Overview

RFC 7646, “Definition and Use of DNSSEC Negative Trust Anchors”, is an Informational document published in September 2015 by P. Ebersman, W. Kumari, C. Griffiths, J. Livingood, R. Weber. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is now entering widespread deployment. However, domain signing tools and processes are not yet as mature and reliable as those for non-DNSSEC-related domain administration tools and processes. This document defines Negative Trust Anchors (NTAs), which can be used to mitigate DNSSEC validation failures by disabling DNSSEC validation at specified domains.

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