Re: DNSSEC and SSL

[Mans Nilsson <mansaxel () besserwisser org>]

Subject: Re: DNSSEC and SSL Date: Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 09:11:43AM -0400 Quoting ML (ml () kenweb org):
> On 8/22/2010 2:38 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> > No, because DNSSEC isn't secured all the way from the DNS server to the
> > application, only to the resolver. Both systems have problems, I'd
> > imagine the best security is when they work together.
>
> Is a DNSSEC capable stub resolver not in the cards?

The best option today is to run a full-service resolver on the host;
which is a tad heavy for most desktops, not to speak about the cache
misses that would cause root server system load. The latter of course
can be avoided by setting forwarders.

OTOH: A thicker stub resolver does indeed exist; lwresd in the BIND
suite. Calling it from applications does however mean using new API
calls; since the traditional resolver API is oblivious to DNSSEC.

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