Re: [DNSOP] Status of "let localhost be localhost"?

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Sat, 12 August 2017 18:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Status of "let localhost be localhost"?
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On 12 Aug 2017, at 10:14, Ted Lemon wrote:

> El 12 ag 2017, a les 13:09, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> va escriure:
>> Right.  That's why it's long past time that we make it clear that
>> non-broken resolvers at any level will treat localhost as a special
>> case.  As you may have heard, we are not the Network Police, but we 
>> do
>> publish the occasional document telling people what to do if they 
>> want
>> to interoperate with the rest of the Internet.
>
> With respect, John, the issue I raised here isn't interop.  It's 
> security.

It's security through interop. It's causing systems that want to hope 
that "localhost" has a particular meaning that has security implications 
to have a better chance that their hope is fulfilled.

--Paul Hoffman