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Re: [dnsext] A question about the need for "historical keys"

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 28 January 2011 18:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] A question about the need for "historical keys"
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On Jan 28, 2011, at 1:26 PM, John Bashinski wrote:
> Take the Linksys home routers. My guess is that maybe a couple of
> percent of them *ever* get firmware updates.

Before you use this as a basis for argument, it might be worth your while to (not in this discussion) explore the question of *why* they don't get updates.   From my own personal experience, this is not because of a lack of demand.

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