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

Matthew Dempsky <matthew@dempsky.org> Thu, 27 January 2011 16:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] historal root keys for upgrade path?
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Paul Wouters <paul@xelerance.com> wrote:
> A very large router vendor is about to make it mandatory that new devices
> they produce use dnssec by default. One issue that comes up with that
> is what happens if these devices were off long enough for a rollover to
> have happened and the RFC5011 bit/key has been retired.

Just upgrade the router firmware using the local network or a USB drive.