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Re: [dnsext] Re: Signing the root with SHA-1 by Sep 1st

Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> Tue, 01 September 2009 17:51 UTC

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From: Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>
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Subject: Re: [dnsext] Re: Signing the root with SHA-1 by Sep 1st
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:22:28 -0400." <4A9D5854.3030105@gmail.com>
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> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:22:28 -0400
> From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
> ...
> ... The root did not begin running DNSsec today.
> Does anybody have a fixed date in writing?

craftily, there is no one person who could put such a thing in writing,
and therefore noone who can be personally blamed for doing it, or not
doing it.  we're signing the root by invisible consensus, where anyone
who knows where the dependencies are is bound to secrecy lest they be
removed from the loop.

estimates heard floating on the wind are, december of 2009.

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