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Re: [dns-privacy] Possible use case: Opportunistic encryption for recursive to authoritative

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Mon, 10 August 2020 22:28 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:28:40 +0100
From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca>
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Subject: Re: [dns-privacy] Possible use case: Opportunistic encryption for recursive to authoritative
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Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> wrote:
>
> At the IETF, we have done a REALLY bad job at keeping secure DNS as an
> optional feature. The more we treat it that way, the more others will
> treat it that way. We should really do the opposite. DNS without DNSSEC
> is legacy. It's irresponsible. It's vulnerable. It's being actively
> abused. Upgrade your DNS.
>
> Then, you automatically get to AUTH servers having a DNSSEC based PKI.
> You can give them a public key record type like TLSA, and do encryption.
> You allow plaintext, and in 10-20 years we turn off plaintext.

+1

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Tony.
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