Re: A Deep Dive on the Recent Widespread DNS Hijacking

[Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net>]

> On Feb 26, 2019, at 8:12 AM, John Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:
>
> In article <CAD6AjGTBNZ8wTv6Y1KgTvNaW6Zi87RLprQK2Lg=d0evK8ot7=g () mail gmail com> you write:
> > Swapping the DNS cabal for the CA cabal is not an improvement. Right?  They
> > are really the same arbitraging rent-seekers, just different layers.
>
> The models are different.  If I want to compromise your DNS I need to
> attack your specific registrar.  If I want a bogus cert, any of the
> thousand CAs in my browser will do.

Exactly.  And if you’re an organization that has money and pays attention to DNS and security, you can get yourself a 
TLD, and be your own registry, at which point you only need to worry about the security of the root zone.

                                -Bill

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