



Registration Extensions (REGEXT)                                G. Brown
Internet-Draft                                                     ICANN
Intended status: Standards Track                           29 April 2026
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            RDAP Extension for DNS Time-To-Live (TTL Values)
                draft-ietf-regext-rdap-ttl-extension-08

Abstract

   This document specifies an extension to the Registration Data Access
   Protocol which allows the Time-To-Live (TTL) values for relevant DNS
   record types to be included in RDAP responses.

About this draft

   This note is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

   The source for this draft, and an issue tracker, may can be found at
   https://github.com/gbxyz/rdap-ttl-extension.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  RDAP Response Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  DNS record Types and TTL Values . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.2.  RDAP Conformance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Operational Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  RDAP Servers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  RDAP Clients  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Implementation status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     7.1.  ICANN RDAP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     7.2.  Net::RDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     7.3.  rdapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  Change Log  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Changes from 07 to 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2.  Changes from 06 to 07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.3.  Changes from 05 to 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.4.  Changes from 04 to 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.5.  Changes from 03 to 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.6.  Changes from 02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.7.  Changes from 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     8.8.  Changes from 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     8.9.  Changes from draft-brown-rdap-ttl-extension-03 to
            draft-ietf-regext-rdap-ttl-extension-00  . . . . . . . .   9
     8.10. Changes from 02 to 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     8.11. Changes from 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
     8.12. Changes from 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   10. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     10.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11











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1.  Introduction

   While [RFC9083] allows RDAP server operators to provide information
   about the content of the NS, DS, A and AAAA RRset(s) (see Section 5
   of [RFC9499]) which are published in the DNS for a given registry
   object (domain or host object), it does not provide a mechanism to
   allow the Time-To-Live (TTL) (see Section 5 of [RFC9499]) values of
   those RRsets to be included in responses.  Inclusion of these values
   in RDAP responses, in addition to nameservers, glue IP addresses, and
   DS records, allows out-of-band debugging of the DNS configuration of
   troublesome domain names.

   This document describes how TTL information can be included in domain
   and nameserver objects in RDAP responses.  As per Section 5.2 of
   [RFC2181], TTL values are applicable to RRSets rather than individual
   records.

2.  Conventions used in this document

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   This document makes use of the terms defined in Section 1.1 of
   [RFC9083].

3.  RDAP Response Specification

   Servers that support this extension MAY include a "ttl0_data"
   property in any domain (Section 5.3 of [RFC9083]) and nameserver
   (Section 5.2 of [RFC9083]) objects included in RDAP responses.  As
   per Section 2.1 of [RFC9083], clients which do not implement this
   specification SHOULD ignore the "ttl0_data" member.

   The ttl0_data property is an object which has the following
   properties:

   *  A "values" property, which is an object which maps DNS record type
      mnemonics to TTL values;

   *  An OPTIONAL "remarks" property, which is an array of remarks (see
      Section 4.3 of [RFC9083]).







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   As specified in Section 8 of [RFC2181], a TTL value is a "an unsigned
   number, with a minimum value of 0, and a maximum value of 2147483647.
   That is, a maximum of 2^31 - 1.".  TTL values are represented as JSON
   numbers.

   An example domain object with valid "ttl0_data" attribute is provided
   below.  Readers should refer to [RFC9083] for a description of the
   other objects listed in the example.

   {
     "objectClassName": "domain",
     "ldhName": "domain.example",
     "ttl0_data": {
       "values": {
         "NS": 3600,
         "DS": 300
       },
       "remarks": [
         {
           "description": [
             "For more information about the .example",
             " registry policy relating to DS record TTL changes,",
             "see https://domain.example"
           ],
           "links": [
             {
               "rel": "related",
               "title": ".Example Registry DNS TTL Policy",
               "href": "https://domain.example"
             }
           ]
         }
       ]
     }
   }

   An example nameserver object with valid "ttl0_data" attribute is
   provided below.













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   {
     "objectClassName": "nameserver",
     "ldhName": "ns1.domain.example",
     "ttl0_data": {
       "values": {
         "A": 86400,
         "AAAA": 86400
       },
       "remarks": [
         {
           "description": [
             "The .example registry does not permit TTL ",
             "values for nameservers to be changed."
           ]
         }
       ]
     }
   }

3.1.  DNS record Types and TTL Values

   The DNS record type mnemonics that appear as the property names in
   values objects MUST be in all capitals and MUST be registered with
   IANA in [IANA-RRTYPES].  TTL values MUST be unsigned integers in the
   range 0-2147483647 as per Section 8 of [RFC2181].

3.2.  RDAP Conformance

   Servers returning responses containing TTL values MUST include the
   string "ttl0" in the rdapConformance array.

4.  Operational Considerations

4.1.  RDAP Servers

   This specification is complementary to the Extensible Provisioning
   Protocol [RFC5730] (EPP) Mapping for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values
   [RFC9803], but registry operators do not need to implement that
   extension in their EPP server in order to implement this RDAP
   extension.

4.2.  RDAP Clients

   Many RDAP clients make use of frameworks which automatically
   "hydrate" objects using JSON data received in RDAP responses.  As a
   result, RDAP clients which use these frameworks may need to
   explicitly carve out the "values" property of "ttl0_data" elements.




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   Since the list of record types appearing in "ttl0_data" elements may
   change with time, clients which implement this extension MUST accept
   responses containing values for all valid DNS record types, and
   SHOULD periodically update the list of valid DNS record types to
   align with [IANA-RRTYPES].

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to register the following value in the RDAP
   Extensions Registry [IANA-RDAP-EXTENSIONS]:

   *Extension identifier:* ttl0

   *Registry operator:* Any

   *Published specification:* this document

   *Contact:* IETF <iesg@ietf.org (mailto:iesg@ietf.org)>

   *Intended usage:* this extension describes how DNS TTL values can be
   included in RDAP responses.

6.  Security Considerations

   Security services for the extension specified in this document are
   described in [RFC7481].

   This document only concerns itself with the representation of
   configured TTL values for domain and host objects.  Such
   configuration is out of scope.  Readers may refer to Section 6 of
   [RFC9803] for the security implications of configuring those values.

7.  Implementation status

   This section is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

7.1.  ICANN RDAP

   Organization: ICANN

   Name: ICANN RDAP

   Description: ICANN RDAP contains an RDAP client, server, and common
   libraries.

   Level of maturity: Mature

   Coverage: All aspects of the protocol are implemented.



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   Licensing: Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT License.

   Contact: globalsupport@icann.org

   URL: https://github.com/icann/icann-rdap

7.2.  Net::RDAP

   Name: Net::RDAP

   Description: An RDAP library for Perl.

   Level of maturity: Mature

   Coverage: All aspects of the protocol are implemented.

   Licensing: Perl (Artistic License or GPL).

   Contact: gavin.brown@fastmail.uk

   URL: https://metacpan.org/pod/Net::RDAP

7.3.  rdapper

   Name: rdapper

   Description: A command-line RDAP client that uses Net::RDAP.

   Level of maturity: Mature

   Coverage: All aspects of the protocol are implemented.

   Licensing: Perl (Artistic License or GPL).

   Contact: gavin.brown@fastmail.uk

   URL: https://metacpan.org/pod/App::rdapper

8.  Change Log

   This section is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.

8.1.  Changes from 07 to 08

   Updates as per AD review:

   1.  Added Section 4.




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   2.  Move the last paragraph of Section 1 to Section 4.

   3.  Remove most of Section 3.1, moved some of it to Section 4.

   4.  Backfilled the change log immediately below.

8.2.  Changes from 06 to 07

   1.  Correct reference to [RFC9499].

8.3.  Changes from 05 to 06

   1.  Add missing change log entries to assist in IESG review.

   2.  Added Section 7.

8.4.  Changes from 04 to 05

   1.  Clarify that TTL values are represented using JSON numbers.

8.5.  Changes from 03 to 04

   Updates based on feedback during WGLC:

   1.  Remove the xref in the Abstract to avoid issues when rendered as
       plaintext;

   2.  Refer to RRsets instead of resource records since [RFC2181]
       requires the TTL of all the records in an RRset to be the same;

   3.  Reference [RFC2181] which defines what a TTL is.

   4.  Clarify that clients need to handle (even if to ignore)
       unexpected record types.

8.6.  Changes from 02 to 03

   1.  Switch to array model to object model, based on WG feedback.

   2.  Added Section 9.

8.7.  Changes from 01 to 02

   1.  Include reference to [IANA-RRTYPES] in Section 3 (thanks Jasdip
       Singh).






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   2.  Removed the value member of the link object in the example domain
       object so that it conforms with web linking practice (also thanks
       Jasdip Singh).

8.8.  Changes from 00 to 01

   1.  Updated the extension identifier and extension property name to
       align with the current best practices in
       [I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-extensions].

   2.  Added Section 6.

   3.  Changed MUST to MAY in the first paragraph of Section 3.

   4.  Reduce ambiguity around the repetition of DNS record types in
       responses.

8.9.  Changes from draft-brown-rdap-ttl-extension-03 to draft-ietf-
      regext-rdap-ttl-extension-00

   1.  Name change only.

8.10.  Changes from 02 to 03

   1.  Update reference to [RFC9803].

8.11.  Changes from 01 to 02

   1.  Update reference to the EPP extension.

8.12.  Changes from 00 to 01

   1.  Extension property name renamed to ttl.

   2.  The extension data structure is now an array allowing common TTL
       values, remarks and events to be mapped to multiple DNS record
       types.

   3.  The extension data structure may now include remarks and events.

   4.  Added normative text regarding the value of DNS record mnemonics
       and TTL values.

9.  Acknowledgements

   The author wishes to thank Andy Newton, Pawel Kowalik, and Maarten
   Wullink for their constructive feedback and advice during the
   development of this document.



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10.  References

10.1.  Normative References

   [IANA-RDAP-EXTENSIONS]
              IANA, "RDAP Extensions",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/rdap-extensions/rdap-
              extensions.xhtml>.

   [IANA-RRTYPES]
              IANA, "Resource Record (RR) TYPEs",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters#dns-
              parameters-4>.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC2181]  Elz, R. and R. Bush, "Clarifications to the DNS
              Specification", RFC 2181, DOI 10.17487/RFC2181, July 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2181>.

   [RFC7481]  Hollenbeck, S. and N. Kong, "Security Services for the
              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", STD 95,
              RFC 7481, DOI 10.17487/RFC7481, March 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC9083]  Hollenbeck, S. and A. Newton, "JSON Responses for the
              Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", STD 95,
              RFC 9083, DOI 10.17487/RFC9083, June 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083>.

10.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-regext-rdap-extensions]
              Newton, A., Singh, J., and T. Harrison, "RDAP Extensions",
              Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-regext-rdap-
              extensions-12, 18 February 2026,
              <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-regext-
              rdap-extensions-12>.






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   [RFC5730]  Hollenbeck, S., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP)",
              STD 69, RFC 5730, DOI 10.17487/RFC5730, August 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5730>.

   [RFC9499]  Hoffman, P. and K. Fujiwara, "DNS Terminology", BCP 219,
              RFC 9499, DOI 10.17487/RFC9499, March 2024,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9499>.

   [RFC9803]  Brown, G., "Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) Mapping
              for DNS Time-to-Live (TTL) Values", RFC 9803,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC9803, June 2025,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9803>.

Author's Address

   Gavin Brown
   ICANN
   12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300
   Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536
   United States of America
   Email: gavin.brown@icann.org






























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