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Re: [dns-privacy] Root Server Operators Statement on DNS Encryption

Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> Wed, 31 March 2021 00:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dns-privacy] Root Server Operators Statement on DNS Encryption
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> On 31 Mar 2021, at 01:08, Erik Kline <ek.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
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>     "Root Server Operators do not feel comfortable being the early adopters of authoritative DNS encryption and would like to first see increased deployment in other parts of the DNS hierarchy."
> 
> Seems fair to me, for the time being.

+1. Core DNS infrastructure such as the root simply should not be the crash test dummy for anything. That’s just basic common sense.

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