Re: [DNSOP] ALT-TLD and (insecure) delgations.

[Steve Crocker <[e-mail]>]

Are you also expecting ALT will never be delegated in the root?  If it were to be delegated in the root, what impact would that have on the uses you have in mind?

Steve Crocker
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> On Feb 3, 2017, at 12:02 PM, Brian Dickson <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> 
> Stephane wrote: 
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 03:28:29PM -0500,
>  Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net <http://kumari.net/>> wrote 
>  a message of 103 lines which said:
> 
> > or 2: request that the IANA insert an insecure delegation in the
> > root, pointing to a: AS112 or b: an empty zone on the root or c"
> > something similar.
> 
> Here, people may be interested by draft-bortzmeyer-dname-root (expired
> but could be revived). The main objection was the privacy issue
> (sending user queries to the "random" operators of AS112.)
> 
> My opinion on these issues are as follows, roughly:
> I am in favor of AS112 for ALT
> For AS112, I prefer the AS112++ method (DNAME)
> I do not see why the DNAME would/should not be DNSSEC signed
> Any local use of ALT can be served locally and signed using an alternative trust anchor
> I don't think there is any issue with having both the NXD from the root, and the local assertion of existence, both present (in cache and in authoritative data respectively)
> Maybe there are issues with specific implementations? 
> If anyone knows of such problems, it would be helpful to identify them along with the implementation and version
> For AS112 privacy, perhaps someone should write up a recommendation to set up local AS112 instances, to provide privacy, as an informational RFC?
> Even simply through resolver configurations, without a full AS112 "announce routes"?
> Do any resolver packages offer such a simple AS112 set-up?
> Maybe the efforts for privacy should start there (implement first, then document)?
> Do any stub resolver packages include host-local AS112 features/configurations?
> Overall, I'm obviously in favor of use of ALT, and for signing whatever is done for ALT, and for use of DNAME for ALT.
> 
> Brian "DNAME" Dickson
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