change(dnssec): cite RFC 10026 (BCP 246) for DS automation - #149
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RFC 10026 was published as BCP 246 in July 2026 — the operational best current practice for CDS/CDNSKEY-driven DS maintenance. The page previously mentioned CDS/CDNSKEY as an aside; it now names the BCP, prefers the automated path, and carries the BCP's least obvious instruction: keep a manual route to the DS open, because a provider that stops cooperating mid-migration is exactly when you need it. Swapped the Internet Society deploy360 landing page out of sources for the BCP, per primary-sources-first.
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src/content/spec/security/dnssec.md:CDS/CDNSKEYpath and names the acceptance checks the BCP puts on the registrar/registry side: records must agree across every authoritative nameserver, the resultingDSmust be confirmed not to break validation before it is published, and theDSTTL should drop to a few minutes around a change so a bad one rolls back fast.DSopen even when automation works, because a provider that stops cooperating mid-migration is exactly when you need to change theDSand cannot ask it to.updatedbumped; changelog entry added (changed).Why now
RFC 10026 — Operational Recommendations for DNSSEC Delegation Signer (DS) Automation was published as BCP 246 in July 2026 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc10026.html). It is the first best-current-practice-level document for the mechanism the page already recommended in passing, and it makes CDS/CDNSKEY support a
MUSTfor the entities operating that automation (alongside RFC 9615 bootstrapping).The page's existing honest caveat — DNSSEC "is only worth taking on with tooling that handles rollovers automatically" — now has a standard behind it rather than being our assertion.
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sourcesat four per CLAUDE.md and because a BCP outranks an advocacy-programme landing page. Note: I could not fetch that URL during this run to confirm whether it still resolves — the swap is argued on primary-sources-first grounds, not on a liveness claim.Status
Unchanged at
optional. RFC 10026 is operational guidance for registrars and registries, not a new obligation on site owners; the honest caveat about DNSSEC misconfiguration taking a domain offline still applies. Nothing here moves the bar towardrecommended.Note for the maintainer
The changelog entry is borderline per CLAUDE.md — this is a citation upgrade plus a tightened step, not a full rewrite. I included it because a new BCP for DNSSEC DS handling seems worth surfacing to readers, but drop the entry if you disagree.
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