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Re: [dnsext] DTLS alternative to DNS-Curve

Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> Fri, 17 September 2010 05:13 UTC

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From: Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>
To: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
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Subject: Re: [dnsext] DTLS alternative to DNS-Curve
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> From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:33:36 -0400
> 
> > Overall, this suggests the following:
> > 
> > New RTYPEs can be used, but reluctantly.
> 
> To me what you described is actually an argument to promote the use of
> new RTYPEs, not to discourage it.

strong +1.

> Not seeing widespread of new RTYPEs in the wild is presumably what led to
> the entrenched belief that it's reasonable to filter on RTYPE in
> middleboxes. The way to stamp out this thinking is to reverse the trend.

yes.

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