Re: [Asrg] DNS over SCTP

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Thu, 28 May 2009 14:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] DNS over SCTP
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Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>> It seems that DNS over SCTP would solve 90% of the problems with 10%
>> of the efforts and resources required to implement DNSSEC. However,
>> I hear more often about the latter than the former. How come?
> 
> I've read this message via the IETF general mailing list and so I
> missed the beginning. In what way can you compare DNSSEC (which
> provides object security) and SCTP or TCP (which provide a better
> channel security for DNS)?

The discussion was about how to get rid of the threats illustrated, 
e.g., in Kaminsky, D.: "It’s the end of the cache as we know it." In: 
Black Hat conference (2008). Online at 
http://www.doxpara.com/DMK_BO2K8.ppt