Re: [DNSOP] Draft for dynamic discovery of secure resolvers

Paul Vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Tue, 21 August 2018 02:43 UTC

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Tom Pusateri wrote:
>
>> On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Paul Vixie<paul@redbarn.org>  wrote:
>> if DOH is widely used by criminals, botnets, and malware to bypass
>> perimeter security policy, then there will be a big problem and we
>> will be solving it for many years to come, even if the browser is
>> the only thing using it. browsers are where most modern vulns have
>> occurred, and i expect that trend to accelerate. "because that's
>> where the money was.”
>
> I can see good use cases and bad ones.

all power tools can kill.

> If web servers did DNSSEC validation and only served addresses for
> names that were validated, I wouldn’t have a problem with that at
> all.
>
> If web servers only served addresses for names within the domain of
> the web server, I wouldn’t have a problem with that either.
>
> if they start serving non DNSSEC validated addresses for names
> outside their domain, I think they’re overreaching.

DOH's use will be indiscriminate, and will reach DNS servers who have 
web protocol front ends, who will offer full-spectrum RDNS. there will 
be no binding or relation at all between the web content servers and the 
DNS content servers who happen to use web protocols. so, please worry.

-- 
P Vixie