Objective
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Specify an interoperable mechanism to monitor, control and configure common
functionality of DNS nameservers.


Problem statement
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The problem statement that this working group seeks to address can be
summarised as follows:

  Management of name servers for the Domain Name System (DNS) [RFC1034]
  [RFC1035] has traditionally been done using vendor-specific
  monitoring, configuration and control methods.  Although some service
  monitoring platforms can test the functionality of the DNS itself
  there is not an interoperable way to manage (monitor, control and
  configure) the internal aspects of a name server itself. 

  Previous standardization work within the IETF resulted in the
  creation of two SNMP MIB modules [RFC1611] [RFC1612] but they failed
  to achieve significant implementation and deployment.  The perceived
  reasons behind the failure for the two MIB modules are further
  documented in [RFC3197].

(From draft-ietf-dnsop-name-server-management-reqs-04)

Despite the failure to achieve acceptance of an SNMP-based solution,
there is a perceived need for an interoperable way to manage nameservers,
something that led to the aforementioned draft being written to document
the requirements. Although this draft was written under the auspices of
the DNSOP working group, work to develop a solution is outside its charter.

The NSCP working group will develop a protocol to fulfill these
requirements.  The aims of the group will be to:

1. Review work to date (such as draft-dickinson-dnsop-nameserver-control-00,
which proposes a solution based on Netconf and Yang) and the available
technologies and choose a suitable technology on which to base future work.

2. Produce document(s) specifying a name server control protocol that address
the requirements of interoperable management of nameservers.