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Re: [dnsext] historal root keys for upgrade path?

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 26 January 2011 14:41 UTC

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Paul Wouters wrote:
>
> The anser seems to be "yes". It also means that some devices will fail due to
> firewall rules if this updating happens outside of the DNS scope.

You probably want to implement the bootstrap using a very long-lived trust
anchor for a fixed vendor zone on a fixed IP address. Many vendors will
have to support their bootstrap anchors for about ten years!

Tony.
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