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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A discussion topic brought up at the last Rogue Operator Work Party call was on where [technically] an RSO fetches their root zone information from. Typically, an RSO will fetch zone data directly from the RZM’s servers [distribution of the zone files among the RSO’s instances is not considered here, just the initial fetch(es) from a source]. What if an RSO obtained their copy of the zone data from an intermediate source? #RootZone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The RSO is responsible for publishing the correct IANA zone, as made available by the RZM. Whether they get it directly from the RZM or via some other party should(?) be irrelevant. An intermediate source certainly does introduce additional risk that the zone could have been modified, but it is still the responsibility of the RSO to publish true IANA data. I would not consider it _<i>wise</i>_ to obtain the zone from an intermediate source, but would we go so far as to say that this is a _<i>rogue</i>_ operation? Historically (1998?), fetching from an intermediate was seen as a pre-cursor to rogue operations, where new source may have had intentions of changing the zone, but there seem to be different interpretations of those events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The question to the group is: “Would using an intermediate source of root zone data, by itself, be considered a ROGUE operation?” Regardless of who the intermediate is…, regardless of the authenticity of the zone data…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Ken Renard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>S&TCD Contractor – ICF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Sustaining Base Network Assurance Branch <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>C5ISR Center, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>Office: 443-395-7809</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black'>kenneth.d.renard.ctr@mail.mil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>