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Re: hat tip to .gov hostmasters


From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:22:11 +0000


The end-stage is secure only if at that stage you also set all DNS infrastructure to refuse to talk to any DNS 
client/server/resolver that DOES NOT validate and enforce DNSSEC.  Up until that point in time, there is NO CHANGE in 
the security posture from what we have today with no DNSSEC whatsoever.

To hold forth otherwise is to participate in deliberate fraud and misrepresentation of material facts.



        so you are a "fail/closed" proponent.
        a fail/open approach would have failure of DNSSEC-based validation behave
        just like the DNS of today.  The use of Trust Anchors and signed "islands"
        allow one to find "golden threads" of validated chains in the dns fabric ...
        e.g. incremental rollout vs flag day.

--bill


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