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Re: [dnsext] Clarifying the mandatory algorithm rules

Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> Mon, 22 November 2010 17:32 UTC

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> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:58:53 -0500
> From: Edward Lewis <Ed.Lewis@neustar.biz>
> ...
> DNSSEC is designed to protect against cache poisoning.  If there is a chain
> of trust to an RRSet, then the set validates, it has proven source
> authenticity and data integrity.
> 
> Since time began (for DNS), there is always something wrong somewhere.  The
> goal is a robust system, not a tightly correct system.

+1.

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