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<pre>Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Blanchet
Request for Comments: 7484 Viagenie
Category: Standards Track March 2015
ISSN: 2070-1721
<span class="h1">Finding the Authoritative Registration Data (RDAP) Service</span>
Abstract
This document specifies a method to find which Registration Data
Access Protocol (RDAP) server is authoritative to answer queries for
a requested scope, such as domain names, IP addresses, or Autonomous
System numbers.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in <a href="./rfc5741#section-2">Section 2 of RFC 5741</a>.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7484">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7484</a>.
Copyright Notice
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document authors. All rights reserved.
This document is subject to <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp78">BCP 78</a> and the IETF Trust's Legal
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described in the Simplified BSD License.
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Table of Contents
<a href="#section-1">1</a>. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-2">2</a>
<a href="#section-2">2</a>. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-3">3</a>
<a href="#section-3">3</a>. Structure of the RDAP Bootstrap Service Registries . . . . . <a href="#page-3">3</a>
<a href="#section-4">4</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for Domain Name Space . . . . . . <a href="#page-5">5</a>
<a href="#section-5">5</a>. Bootstrap Service Registries for Internet Numbers . . . . . . <a href="#page-6">6</a>
<a href="#section-5.1">5.1</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv4 Address Space . . . . <a href="#page-7">7</a>
<a href="#section-5.2">5.2</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv6 Address Space . . . . <a href="#page-8">8</a>
<a href="#section-5.3">5.3</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for AS Number Space . . . . . <a href="#page-9">9</a>
<a href="#section-6">6</a>. Entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-10">10</a>
<a href="#section-7">7</a>. Non-existent Entries or RDAP URL Values . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-10">10</a>
<a href="#section-8">8</a>. Deployment and Implementation Considerations . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-10">10</a>
<a href="#section-9">9</a>. Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-11">11</a>
<a href="#section-10">10</a>. Formal Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-11">11</a>
<a href="#section-10.1">10.1</a>. Imported JSON Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-11">11</a>
<a href="#section-10.2">10.2</a>. Registry Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-12">12</a>
<a href="#section-11">11</a>. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-13">13</a>
<a href="#section-12">12</a>. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-13">13</a>
<a href="#section-12.1">12.1</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv4 Address Space . . . <a href="#page-14">14</a>
<a href="#section-12.2">12.2</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv6 Address Space . . . <a href="#page-14">14</a>
<a href="#section-12.3">12.3</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for AS Number Space . . . . . <a href="#page-14">14</a>
<a href="#section-12.4">12.4</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for Domain Name Space . . . . <a href="#page-15">15</a>
<a href="#section-13">13</a>. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-15">15</a>
<a href="#section-13.1">13.1</a>. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-15">15</a>
<a href="#section-13.2">13.2</a>. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-15">15</a>
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-17">17</a>
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href="#page-17">17</a>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-1" href="#section-1">1</a>. Introduction</span>
Querying and retrieving registration data from registries are defined
in Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) [<a href="./rfc7480" title=""HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)"">RFC7480</a>] [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>]
[<a href="./rfc7483" title=""JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)"">RFC7483</a>]. These documents do not specify where to send the queries.
This document specifies a method to find which server is
authoritative to answer queries for the requested scope.
Top-Level Domains (TLDs), Autonomous System (AS) numbers, and network
blocks are delegated by IANA to Internet registries such as TLD
registries and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that then issue
further delegations and maintain information about them. Thus, the
bootstrap information needed by RDAP clients is best generated from
data and processes already maintained by IANA; the relevant
registries already exist at [<a href="#ref-ipv4reg" title=""IPv4 Address Space Registry"">ipv4reg</a>], [<a href="#ref-ipv6reg" title=""IPv6 Global Unicast Address Assignments"">ipv6reg</a>], [<a href="#ref-asreg" title=""Autonomous System (AS) Numbers"">asreg</a>], and
[<a href="#ref-domainreg">domainreg</a>].
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Per this document, IANA has created new registries based on a JSON
format specified in this document, herein named RDAP Bootstrap
Service Registries. These new registries are based on the existing
entries of the above mentioned registries. An RDAP client fetches
the RDAP Bootstrap Service Registries, extracts the data, and then
performs a match with the query data to find the authoritative
registration data server and appropriate query base URL.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-2" href="#section-2">2</a>. Conventions Used in This Document</span>
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [<a href="./rfc2119" title=""Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels"">RFC2119</a>].
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-3" href="#section-3">3</a>. Structure of the RDAP Bootstrap Service Registries</span>
The RDAP Bootstrap Service Registries, as specified in <a href="#section-12">Section 12</a>
below, have been made available as JSON [<a href="./rfc7159" title=""The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format"">RFC7159</a>] objects, which can
be retrieved via HTTP from locations specified by IANA. The JSON
object for each registry contains a series of members containing
metadata about the registry such as a version identifier, a timestamp
of the publication date of the registry, and a description.
Additionally, a "services" member contains the registry items
themselves, as an array. Each item of the array contains a second-
level array, with two elements, each of them being a third-level
array.
Each element of the Services Array is a second-level array with two
elements: in order, an Entry Array and a Service URL Array.
The Entry Array contains all entries that have the same set of base
RDAP URLs. The Service URL Array contains the list of base RDAP URLs
usable for the entries found in the Entry Array. Elements within
these two arrays are not sorted in any way.
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An example structure of the JSON output of a RDAP Bootstrap Service
Registry is illustrated:
{
"version": "1.0",
"publication": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ",
"description": "Some text",
"services": [
[
["entry1", "entry2", "entry3"],
[
"https://registry.example.com/myrdap/",
"http://registry.example.com/myrdap/"
]
],
[
["entry4"],
[
"http://example.org/"
]
]
]
}
The formal syntax is described in <a href="#section-10">Section 10</a>.
The "version" corresponds to the format version of the registry.
This specification defines version "1.0".
The syntax of the "publication" value conforms to the Internet date/
time format [<a href="./rfc3339" title=""Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps"">RFC3339</a>]. The value is the latest update date of the
registry by IANA.
The optional "description" string can contain a comment regarding the
content of the bootstrap object.
Per [<a href="./rfc7258" title=""Pervasive Monitoring Is an Attack"">RFC7258</a>], in each array of base RDAP URLs, the secure versions
of the transport protocol SHOULD be preferred and tried first. For
example, if the base RDAP URLs array contains both HTTPS and HTTP
URLs, the bootstrap client SHOULD try the HTTPS version first.
Base RDAP URLs MUST have a trailing "/" character because they are
concatenated to the various segments defined in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>].
JSON names MUST follow the format recommendations of [<a href="./rfc7480" title=""HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)"">RFC7480</a>]. Any
unrecognized JSON object properties or values MUST be ignored by
implementations.
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Internationalized Domain Name labels used as entries or base RDAP
URLs in the registries defined in this document MUST be only
represented using their A-label form as defined in [<a href="./rfc5890" title=""Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework"">RFC5890</a>].
All Domain Name labels used as entries or base RDAP URLs in the
registries defined in this document MUST be only represented in
lowercase.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-4" href="#section-4">4</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for Domain Name Space</span>
The JSON output of this registry contains domain label entries
attached to the root, grouped by base RDAP URLs, as shown in this
example.
{
"version": "1.0",
"publication": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ",
"description": "Some text",
"services": [
[
["net", "com"],
[
"https://registry.example.com/myrdap/"
]
],
[
["org", "mytld"],
[
"http://example.org/"
]
],
[
["xn--zckzah"],
[
"https://example.net/rdapxn--zckzah/",
"http://example.net/rdapxn--zckzah/"
]
]
]
}
The domain name's authoritative registration data service is found by
doing the label-wise longest match of the target domain name with the
domain values in the Entry Arrays in the IANA Bootstrap Service
Registry for Domain Name Space. The match is done per label, from
right to left. If the longest match results in multiple entries,
then those entries are considered equivalent. The values contained
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in the Service URL Array of the matching second-level array are the
valid base RDAP URLs as described in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>].
For example, a domain RDAP query for a.b.example.com matches the com
entry in one of the arrays of the registry. The base RDAP URL for
this query is then taken from the second element of the array, which
is an array of base RDAP URLs valid for this entry. The client
chooses one of the base URLs from this array; in this example, it
chooses the only one available, "https://registry.example.com/
myrdap/". The segment specified in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>] is then appended to the
base URL to complete the query. The complete query is then
"https://registry.example.com/myrdap/domain/a.b.example.com".
If a domain RDAP query for a.b.example.com matches both com and
example.com entries in the registry, then the longest match applies
and the example.com entry is used by the client.
If the registry contains entries such as com and goodexample.com,
then a domain RDAP query for example.com only matches the com entry
because matching is done on a per-label basis.
The entry for the root of the domain name space is specified as "".
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-5" href="#section-5">5</a>. Bootstrap Service Registries for Internet Numbers</span>
This section discusses IPv4 and IPv6 address space and Autonomous
System numbers.
For IP address space, the authoritative registration data service is
found by doing a longest match of the target address with the values
of the arrays in the corresponding RDAP Bootstrap Service Registry
for Address Space. The longest match is done the same way as for
routing: the addresses are converted in binary form and then the
binary strings are compared to find the longest match up to the
specified prefix length. The values contained in the second element
of the array are the base RDAP URLs as described in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>]. The
longest match method enables covering prefixes of a larger address
space pointing to one base RDAP URL while more specific prefixes
within the covering prefix are being served by another base RDAP URL.
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.1" href="#section-5.1">5.1</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv4 Address Space</span>
The JSON output of this registry contains IPv4 prefix entries,
specified in Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) format [<a href="./rfc4632" title=""Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan"">RFC4632</a>]
and grouped by RDAP URLs, as shown in this example.
{
"version": "1.0",
"publication": "2024-01-07T10:11:12Z",
"description": "RDAP Bootstrap file for example registries.",
"services": [
[
["1.0.0.0/8", "192.0.0.0/8"],
[
"https://rir1.example.com/myrdap/"
]
],
[
["28.2.0.0/16", "192.0.2.0/24"],
[
"http://example.org/"
]
],
[
["28.3.0.0/16"],
[
"https://example.net/rdaprir2/",
"http://example.net/rdaprir2/"
]
]
]
}
For example, a query for "192.0.2.1/25" matches the "192.0.0.0/8"
entry and the "192.0.2.0/24" entry in the example registry above.
The latter is chosen by the client given the longest match. The base
RDAP URL for this query is then taken from the second element of the
array, which is an array of base RDAP URLs valid for this entry. The
client chooses one of the base URLs from this array; in this example,
it chooses the only one available, "http://example.org/". The
{resource} specified in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>] is then appended to the base URL to
complete the query. The complete query is then "https://example.org/
ip/192.0.2.1/25".
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.2" href="#section-5.2">5.2</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv6 Address Space</span>
The JSON output of this registry contains IPv6 prefix entries, using
[<a href="./rfc4291" title=""IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture"">RFC4291</a>] text representation of the address prefixes format, grouped
by base RDAP URLs, as shown in this example.
{
"version": "1.0",
"publication": "2024-01-07T10:11:12Z",
"description": "RDAP Bootstrap file for example registries.",
"services": [
[
["2001:0200::/23", "2001:db8::/32"],
[
"https://rir2.example.com/myrdap/"
]
],
[
["2600::/16", "2100:ffff::/32"],
[
"http://example.org/"
]
],
[
["2001:0200:1000::/36"],
[
"https://example.net/rdaprir2/",
"http://example.net/rdaprir2/"
]
]
]
}
For example, a query for "2001:0200:1000::/48" matches the
"2001:0200::/23" entry and the "2001:0200:1000::/36" entry in the
example registry above. The latter is chosen by the client given the
longest match. The base RDAP URL for this query is then taken from
the second element of the array, which is an array of base RDAP URLs
valid for this entry. The client chooses one of the base URLs from
this array; in this example, it chooses "https://example.net/
rdaprir2/" because it's the secure version of the protocol. The
segment specified in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>] is then appended to the base URL to
complete the query. The complete query is, therefore,
"https://example.net/rdaprir2/ip/2001:0200:1000::/48". If the target
RDAP server does not answer, the client can then use another URL
prefix from the array.
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.3" href="#section-5.3">5.3</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for AS Number Space</span>
The JSON output of this contains Autonomous Systems number ranges
entries, grouped by base RDAP URLs, as shown in this example. The
Entry Array is an array containing the list of AS number ranges
served by the base RDAP URLs found in the second element. The array
always contains two AS numbers represented in decimal format that
represents the range of AS numbers between the two elements of the
array. A single AS number is represented as a range of two identical
AS numbers.
{
"version": "1.0",
"publication": "2024-01-07T10:11:12Z",
"description": "RDAP Bootstrap file for example registries.",
"services": [
[
["2045-2045"],
[
"https://rir3.example.com/myrdap/"
]
],
[
["10000-12000", "300000-400000"],
[
"http://example.org/"
]
],
[
["64512-65534"],
[
"http://example.net/rdaprir2/",
"https://example.net/rdaprir2/"
]
]
]
}
For example, a query for AS 65411 matches the 64512-65534 entry in
the example registry above. The base RDAP URL for this query is then
taken from the second element of the array, which is an array of base
RDAP URLs valid for this entry. The client chooses one of the base
URLs from this array; in this example, it chooses
"https://example.net/rdaprir2/". The segment specified in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>]
is then appended to the base URL to complete the query. The complete
query is, therefore, "https://example.net/rdaprir2/autnum/65411". If
the server does not answer, the client can then use another URL
prefix from the array.
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-6" href="#section-6">6</a>. Entity</span>
Entities (such as contacts, registrants, or registrars) can be
queried by handle as described in [<a href="./rfc7482" title=""Registration Data Access Protocol Query Format"">RFC7482</a>]. Since there is no
global namespace for entities, this document does not describe how to
find the authoritative RDAP server for entities. However, it is
possible that, if the entity identifier was received from a previous
query, the same RDAP server could be queried for that entity, or the
entity identifier itself is a fully referenced URL that can be
queried.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-7" href="#section-7">7</a>. Non-existent Entries or RDAP URL Values</span>
The registries may not contain the requested value. In these cases,
there is no known RDAP server for that requested value, and the
client SHOULD provide an appropriate error message to the user.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-8" href="#section-8">8</a>. Deployment and Implementation Considerations</span>
This method relies on the fact that RDAP clients are fetching the
IANA registries to then find the servers locally. Clients SHOULD NOT
fetch the registry on every RDAP request. Clients SHOULD cache the
registry, but use underlying protocol signaling, such as the HTTP
Expires header field [<a href="./rfc7234" title=""Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching"">RFC7234</a>], to identify when it is time to
refresh the cached registry.
If the query data does not match any entry in the client cached
registry, then the client may implement various methods, such as the
following:
o In the case of a domain object, the client may first query the DNS
to see if the respective entry has been delegated or if it is
mistyped information by the user. The DNS query could be to fetch
the NS records for the TLD domain. If the DNS answer is negative,
then there is no need to fetch the new version of the registry.
However, if the DNS answer is positive, this may mean that the
currently cached registry is no longer current. The client could
then fetch the registry, parse, and then do the normal matching as
specified above. This method may not work for all types of RDAP
objects.
o If the client knows the existence of an RDAP aggregator or
redirector and its associated base URL, and trusts that service,
then it could send the query to the redirector, which would
redirect the client if it knows the authoritative server that
client has not found.
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Some authorities of registration data may work together on sharing
their information for a common service, including mutual redirection
[<a href="#ref-REDIRECT-RDAP">REDIRECT-RDAP</a>].
When a new object is allocated, such as a new AS range, a new TLD, or
a new IP address range, there is no guarantee that this new object
will have an entry in the corresponding bootstrap RDAP registry,
since the setup of the RDAP server for this new entry may become live
and registered later. Therefore, the clients should expect that even
if an object, such as TLD, IP address range, or AS range is
allocated, the existence of the entry in the corresponding bootstrap
registry is not guaranteed.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-9" href="#section-9">9</a>. Limitations</span>
This method does not provide a direct way to find authoritative RDAP
servers for any other objects than the ones described in this
document. In particular, the following objects are not bootstrapped
with the method described in this document:
o entities
o queries using search patterns that do not contain a terminating
string that matches some entries in the registries
o nameservers
o help
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-10" href="#section-10">10</a>. Formal Definition</span>
This section is the formal definition of the registries. The
structure of JSON objects and arrays using a set of primitive
elements is defined in [<a href="./rfc7159" title=""The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format"">RFC7159</a>]. Those elements are used to
describe the JSON structure of the registries.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-10.1" href="#section-10.1">10.1</a>. Imported JSON Terms</span>
o OBJECT: a JSON object, defined in <a href="./rfc7159#section-4">Section 4 of [RFC7159]</a>
o MEMBER: a member of a JSON object, defined in <a href="./rfc7159#section-4">Section 4 of
[RFC7159]</a>
o MEMBER-NAME: the name of a MEMBER, defined as a "string" in
<a href="./rfc7159#section-4">Section 4 of [RFC7159]</a>
o MEMBER-VALUE: the value of a MEMBER, defined as a "value" in
<a href="./rfc7159#section-4">Section 4 of [RFC7159]</a>
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o ARRAY: an array, defined in <a href="./rfc7159#section-5">Section 5 of [RFC7159]</a>
o ARRAY-VALUE: an element of an ARRAY, defined in <a href="./rfc7159#section-5">Section 5 of
[RFC7159]</a>
o STRING: a "string", as defined in <a href="./rfc7159#section-7">Section 7 of [RFC7159]</a>
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-10.2" href="#section-10.2">10.2</a>. Registry Syntax</span>
Using the above terms for the JSON structures, the syntax of a
registry is defined as follows:
o rdap-bootstrap-registry: an OBJECT containing a MEMBER version and
a MEMBER publication, an optional MEMBER description, and a MEMBER
services-list
o version: a MEMBER with MEMBER-NAME "version" and MEMBER-VALUE a
STRING
o publication: a MEMBER with MEMBER-NAME "publication" and MEMBER-
VALUE a STRING
o description: a MEMBER with MEMBER-NAME "description" and MEMBER-
VALUE a STRING
o services-list: a MEMBER with MEMBER-NAME "services" and MEMBER-
VALUE a services-array
o services-array: an ARRAY, where each ARRAY-VALUE is a service
o service: an ARRAY of 2 elements, where the first ARRAY-VALUE is a
an entry-list and the second ARRAY-VALUE is a service-uri-list
o entry-list: an ARRAY, where each ARRAY-VALUE is an entry
o entry: a STRING
o service-uri-list: an ARRAY, where each ARRAY-VALUE is a service-
uri
o service-uri: a STRING
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<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-11" href="#section-11">11</a>. Security Considerations</span>
By providing a bootstrap method to find RDAP servers, this document
helps to ensure that the end users will get the RDAP data from an
authoritative source, instead of from rogue sources. The method has
the same security properties as the RDAP protocols themselves. The
transport used to access the registries can be more secure by using
TLS [<a href="./rfc5246" title=""The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2"">RFC5246</a>], which IANA supports.
Additional considerations on using RDAP are described in [<a href="./rfc7481" title=""Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol"">RFC7481</a>].
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-12" href="#section-12">12</a>. IANA Considerations</span>
IANA has created the RDAP Bootstrap Services Registries, listed
below, and made them available as JSON objects. The contents of
these registries are described in <a href="#section-3">Section 3</a>, <a href="#section-4">Section 4</a>, and
<a href="#section-5">Section 5</a>, with the formal syntax specified in <a href="#section-10">Section 10</a>.
The process for adding or updating entries in these registries
differs from the normal IANA registry processes: these registries are
generated from the data, processes, and policies maintained by IANA
in their allocation registries ([<a href="#ref-ipv4reg" title=""IPv4 Address Space Registry"">ipv4reg</a>], [<a href="#ref-ipv6reg" title=""IPv6 Global Unicast Address Assignments"">ipv6reg</a>], [<a href="#ref-asreg" title=""Autonomous System (AS) Numbers"">asreg</a>], and
[<a href="#ref-domainreg">domainreg</a>]), with the addition of new RDAP server information.
IANA will create and update RDAP Bootstrap Services Registries
entries from the allocation registries as those registries are
updated.
This document does not change any policies related to the allocation
registries; IANA has provided a mechanism for collecting the RDAP
server information. The RDAP Bootstrap Services Registries will
start empty and will be gradually populated as registrants of domains
and address spaces provide RDAP server information to IANA.
IANA has created a new top-level category on the Protocol Registries
page, <<a href="http://www.iana.org/protocols">http://www.iana.org/protocols</a>>. The group is called
"Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)". Each of the RDAP
Bootstrap Services Registries has been made available for general
public on-demand download in the JSON format, and that registry's URI
is listed directly on the Protocol Registries page.
Other normal registries will be added to this group by other
documents, but the reason the URIs for these registries are clearly
listed on the main page is to make those URIs obvious to implementers
-- these are registries that will be accessed by software, as well as
by humans using them for reference information.
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Because these registries will be accessed by software, the download
demand for the RDAP Bootstrap Services Registries may be unusually
high compared to normal IANA registries. The technical
infrastructure by which registries are published will need to be
reviewed and might need to be augmented.
As discussed in <a href="#section-8">Section 8</a>, software that accesses these registries
will depend on the HTTP Expires header field to limit their query
rate. It is, therefore, important for that header field to be
properly set to provide timely information as the registries change,
while maintaining a reasonable load on the IANA servers. The HTTP
Content-Type returned to clients accessing these JSON- formatted
registries MUST be "application/json", as defined in [<a href="./rfc7159" title=""The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data Interchange Format"">RFC7159</a>].
Because of how information in the RDAP Bootstrap Services Registries
is grouped and formatted, the registry entries may not be sortable.
It is, therefore, not required or expected that the entries be sorted
in any way.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-12.1" href="#section-12.1">12.1</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv4 Address Space</span>
Entries in this registry contain at least the following:
o a CIDR [<a href="./rfc4632" title=""Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan"">RFC4632</a>] specification of the network block being
registered.
o one or more URLs that provide the RDAP service regarding this
registration.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-12.2" href="#section-12.2">12.2</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for IPv6 Address Space</span>
Entries in this registry contain at least the following:
o an IPv6 prefix [<a href="./rfc4291" title=""IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture"">RFC4291</a>] specification of the network block being
registered.
o one or more URLs that provide the RDAP service regarding this
registration.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-12.3" href="#section-12.3">12.3</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for AS Number Space</span>
Entries in this registry contain at least the following:
o a range of Autonomous System numbers being registered.
o one or more URLs that provide the RDAP service regarding this
registration.
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<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-12.4" href="#section-12.4">12.4</a>. Bootstrap Service Registry for Domain Name Space</span>
Entries in this registry contain at least the following:
o a domain name attached to the root being registered.
o one or more URLs that provide the RDAP service regarding this
registration.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-13" href="#section-13">13</a>. References</span>
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-13.1" href="#section-13.1">13.1</a>. Normative References</span>
[<a id="ref-RFC2119">RFC2119</a>] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp14">BCP 14</a>, <a href="./rfc2119">RFC 2119</a>, March 1997,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC3339">RFC3339</a>] Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the Internet:
Timestamps", <a href="./rfc3339">RFC 3339</a>, July 2002,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3339</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC4291">RFC4291</a>] Hinden, R. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", <a href="./rfc4291">RFC 4291</a>, February 2006,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4291</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC4632">RFC4632</a>] Fuller, V. and T. Li, "Classless Inter-domain Routing
(CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation
Plan", <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp122">BCP 122</a>, <a href="./rfc4632">RFC 4632</a>, August 2006,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4632">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4632</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC5890">RFC5890</a>] Klensin, J., "Internationalized Domain Names for
Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework",
<a href="./rfc5890">RFC 5890</a>, August 2010,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5890</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7159">RFC7159</a>] Bray, T., Ed., "The JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Data
Interchange Format", <a href="./rfc7159">RFC 7159</a>, March 2014,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7159</a>>.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-13.2" href="#section-13.2">13.2</a>. Informative References</span>
[<a id="ref-REDIRECT-RDAP">REDIRECT-RDAP</a>]
Martinez, C., Zhou, L., and G. Rada, "Redirection Service
for Registration Data Access Protocol", Work in Progress,
<a href="./draft-ietf-weirds-redirects-04">draft-ietf-weirds-redirects-04</a>, July 2014.
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[<a id="ref-RFC5246">RFC5246</a>] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", <a href="./rfc5246">RFC 5246</a>, August 2008,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7071">RFC7071</a>] Borenstein, N. and M. Kucherawy, "A Media Type for
Reputation Interchange", <a href="./rfc7071">RFC 7071</a>, November 2013,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7071">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7071</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7234">RFC7234</a>] Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke,
Ed., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching",
<a href="./rfc7234">RFC 7234</a>, June 2014,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7234">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7234</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7258">RFC7258</a>] Farrell, S. and H. Tschofenig, "Pervasive Monitoring Is an
Attack", <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/bcp/bcp188">BCP 188</a>, <a href="./rfc7258">RFC 7258</a>, May 2014,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7258">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7258</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7480">RFC7480</a>] Newton, A., Ellacott, B., and N. Kong, "HTTP Usage in the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", <a href="./rfc7480">RFC 7480</a>, March
2015, <<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7480">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7480</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7481">RFC7481</a>] Hollenbeck, S. and N. Kong, "Security Services for the
Registration Data Access Protocol", <a href="./rfc7481">RFC 7481</a>, March 2015,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7481</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7482">RFC7482</a>] Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "Registration Data Access
Protocol Query Format", <a href="./rfc7482">RFC 7482</a>, March 2015,
<<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7482">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7482</a>>.
[<a id="ref-RFC7483">RFC7483</a>] Newton, A. and S. Hollenbeck, "JSON Responses for the
Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)", <a href="./rfc7483">RFC 7483</a>, March
2015, <<a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7483">http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7483</a>>.
[<a id="ref-asreg">asreg</a>] IANA, "Autonomous System (AS) Numbers",
<<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers">http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers</a>>.
[<a id="ref-domainreg">domainreg</a>]
IANA, "Root Zone Database",
<<a href="http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db">http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db</a>>.
[<a id="ref-ipv4reg">ipv4reg</a>] IANA, "IPv4 Address Space Registry",
<<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space">http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space</a>>.
[<a id="ref-ipv6reg">ipv6reg</a>] IANA, "IPv6 Global Unicast Address Assignments",
<<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments">http://www.iana.org/assignments/</a>
<a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments">ipv6-unicast-address-assignments</a>>.
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Acknowledgements
The WEIRDS working group had multiple discussions on this topic,
including a session during IETF 84, where various methods such as
in-DNS and others were debated. The idea of using IANA registries
was discovered by the author during discussions with his colleagues
as well as by a comment from Andy Newton. All the people involved in
these discussions are herein acknowledged. Linlin Zhou, Jean-
Philippe Dionne, John Levine, Kim Davies, Ernie Dainow, Scott
Hollenbeck, Arturo Servin, Andy Newton, Murray Kucherawy, Tom
Harrison, Naoki Kambe, Alexander Mayrhofer, Edward Lewis, Pete
Resnick, Alessandro Vesely, Bert Greevenbosch, Barry Leiba, Jari
Arkko, Kathleen Moriaty, Stephen Farrell, Richard Barnes, and Jean-
Francois Tremblay have provided input and suggestions to this
document. Guillaume Leclanche was a coauthor of this document for
some revisions; his support is therein acknowledged and greatly
appreciated. The section on formal definition was inspired by
<a href="./rfc7071#section-6.2">Section 6.2 of [RFC7071]</a>.
Author's Address
Marc Blanchet
Viagenie
246 Aberdeen
Quebec, QC G1R 2E1
Canada
EMail: Marc.Blanchet@viagenie.ca
URI: <a href="http://viagenie.ca">http://viagenie.ca</a>
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