Re: OpenDNS today announced it has adopted DNSCurve to secure DNS

Martin Rex <mrex@sap.com> Thu, 25 February 2010 13:28 UTC

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From: Martin Rex <mrex@sap.com>
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Subject: Re: OpenDNS today announced it has adopted DNSCurve to secure DNS
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:28 +0100
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Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> 
> I took a look at DNSCurve. Some points:
> 
> * It could certainly win.
> * It is designed as a hack rather than an extension.
> * It considers real world requirements that DNSSEC does not.

What does DNSCurve additionally provide
compared to a combination of traditional DNS with IPsec?

-Martin