Hi, Niall: > The DNS WG works as a contact for the Registry and Registrar community, > watching DNS quality. What is the overlap between this and the technical function of CENTR, for example? I was also wondering about this a bit. There is the ENTR technical workgroup and he DNR forum. The first group is not an RIPE thingy at all. They happen to meet often at RIPE meetings, because it is convenient. The intention, as far as can judge, is to bring registry techies together to discuss, exchange information for problems at registrie. And since the core business of a registry (at least, that is my personal opinion) is the maintenance of the zonefile, there is overlap with the dns-wg. But this group does more, registry systems etc. And for the dns part, they are more on the operating end of the spectrum. The DNR-Forum is a Centr/Ripe thingy, but, as Rob always says, Ripe is only just accomodating the meeting (see also the charter, http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/dnr/index.html). Again there is an overlap with the dns-wg but the focus of his is more towards registrar/registry interaction (nice way of saying politics). So, one way to answer your question would be to say that DNS-wg is more concerned with the dns protocol sec then with other things surrounding it. jaap