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Re: [dane] Digest Algorithm Agility discussion

"Jim Schaad" <ietf@augustcellars.com> Tue, 18 March 2014 17:40 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dane] Digest Algorithm Agility discussion
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dane [mailto:dane-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mark Andrews
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:27 AM
> To: dane@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [dane] Digest Algorithm Agility discussion
> 
> 
> This whole argument of weakest vs strongest was had years ago in DNSSEC
and
> quite frankly is a waste of time trying to pick the strongest as you are
often
> comparing apples and oranges.
> 
> DNSSEC validators just have a way to say "we no longer trust this
algorithm"
> and once that is set all records with that algorithm are ignored when
doing
> validation regardless of whether there is code to support that algorithm
or
> not.
> 
> DANE implementations need a way to do the same for matching type.
> 
> Stop trying to over engineer this.

+1 - At any given time this is a binary choice.  The hash algorithm either
is or is not acceptable.

Jim

> 
> Mark
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