Re: Reverse DNS RFCs and Recommendations

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <52743027.7050203 () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>, Masataka Ohta writes:
> Mark Andrews wrote:
>
> > > It is a lot simpler and a lot more practical just to
> > > use shared secret between a CPE and a ISP's name server
> > > for TSIG generation.
> >
> > No it isn't.  It requires a human to transfer the secret to the CPE
> > device or to register the secret with the ISP.
>
> Not necessarily. When the CPE is configured through DHCP (or
> PPP?), the ISP can send the secret.

Which can be seen, in many cases, by other parties which is why I
discounted plain TSIG key exchanges over DHCP years ago regardless
of which side send the key material.

> > I'm talking about just building this into CPE devices and having it
> > just work with no human involvement.
>
> See above.
>
> Involving DNSSEC here is overkill and unnecessarily introduce
> vulnerabilities.

You do realise that you can use KEY records without DNSSEC.  The
KEY record is in the zone to be updated so it is implictly trusted.

>                                               Masataka Ohta
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