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Re: .gov DNSSEC operational message - picking a fight


From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:56:35 +0000

On 28 Dec 2010, at 22:46, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

   IMHO, key management should be able to use an OOB channel
   when the in-band is corrupted or overlaoded.  Reliance on
   strictly the IB channel presumes there will be no problems
   with that channel.  EVER.   For me, I don't want to take 
   that risk.  YMMV of course.  

If normal DNS resolution fails to work then there's no point in getting the keys from another source since there's no 
data for them to validate.

Tony.
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