Re: A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking

[Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net>]

> On Feb 26, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Jacques Latour <Jacques.Latour () cira ca> wrote:
> DNSSEC should of never been part of the domain registration process, it was because we didn’t have the CDS/CDNSKEY 
> channel to automated the DS maintenance and bootstrap. But if you keep DNSSEC maintenance outside the registrar 
> control then it can be effective tool (amongst other) in identifying hijacks.  Taking away he ability of the bad 
> actors to disable DNSSEC via registrar control panel.
> This is what happens when you have all your eggs in one basket and you loose the keys to your kingdom.

Agreed.  There’s absolutely no reason for registrars to be involved with DS records of zones they’re not signing.  And, 
for the same reason, there’s no reason for them to be involved with NS records, either, after an initial bootstrap.

                                -Bill

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