IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: [dnsoverhttp] Survey of DNS over HTTP

Patrick McManus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com> Fri, 16 September 2016 16:16 UTC

Return-Path: <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>
X-Original-To: dnsoverhttp@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: dnsoverhttp@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B91CB12B2C9 for <dnsoverhttp@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:18 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.234
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.234 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.665] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c2sq7JhNCqiv for <dnsoverhttp@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from linode64.ducksong.com (linode6only.ducksong.com [IPv6:2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:fe6e:e8da]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8DF412B2B6 for <dnsoverhttp@ietf.org>; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail-it0-f52.google.com (mail-it0-f52.google.com [209.85.214.52]) by linode64.ducksong.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CD9883A080 for <dnsoverhttp@ietf.org>; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:16:05 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by mail-it0-f52.google.com with SMTP id n143so20568527ita.1 for <dnsoverhttp@ietf.org>; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:05 -0700 (PDT)
X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwOqhVYcrKkgNBH9edsfQi2JcrTgdKzQc5AY3q+OR8RS1dg2gvksCYNZBNpo6XdUSKjnLofC+Nojo+q77A==
X-Received: by 10.36.123.212 with SMTP id q203mr6757649itc.13.1474042560606; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.64.148.50 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CABkgnnW-oErQjPFVXBeXu0DHF6=EeRShe-csOCAgFOwn8HrFBA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20160914150428.2bc82011@pallas.home.time-travellers.org> <78341ca7-e348-b2f9-7c63-d4c6909ea11b@cs.tcd.ie> <20160916120520.6f9c213a@pallas.home.time-travellers.org> <CABkgnnW-oErQjPFVXBeXu0DHF6=EeRShe-csOCAgFOwn8HrFBA@mail.gmail.com>
From: Patrick McManus <pmcmanus@mozilla.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:16:00 -0400
X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: <CAOdDvNpuaD3iVhYM96yON4mPkAgrB9Cvxut_fn3wrMF1PQYEmQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAOdDvNpuaD3iVhYM96yON4mPkAgrB9Cvxut_fn3wrMF1PQYEmQ@mail.gmail.com>
To: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1146c9de35b1db053ca24700
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsoverhttp/pO2MYgs4ksJka7tKF2wPpEEHG84>
Cc: Shane Kerr <shane@time-travellers.org>, dnsoverhttp@ietf.org, Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: [dnsoverhttp] Survey of DNS over HTTP
X-BeenThere: dnsoverhttp@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussion of DNS over HTTP <dnsoverhttp.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/dnsoverhttp>, <mailto:dnsoverhttp-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/dnsoverhttp/>
List-Post: <mailto:dnsoverhttp@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:dnsoverhttp-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsoverhttp>, <mailto:dnsoverhttp-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:16:19 -0000

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> As a practical matter, I don't see IP subjectAltName ever being used.
> Better to retain the notion of a name, even if you don't use that name
> in the process of establishing a connection to the server.
>


I'd agree with that. Names can be useful for authentication without needing
to even loosely be bound to the addressing - especially for bootstrap..
this is an established mode of operation for far more than bootstrap - e.g.
CONNECT tunnels through a hardcoded proxy.

v2.8.7 | Report a Bug | By Email