Re: Using DNS system as a Global Root Certificate Authority - possible ?

Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> Mon, 28 December 2015 01:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: Using DNS system as a Global Root Certificate Authority - possible ?
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Alexey Eromenko wrote:

> Is there a way to *securely* retrieve such information from, for
> example, authoritative
> DNS server, without any middlebox (such as DNS proxy) mangling it ?

You must avoid default port number 53 of DNS.

						Masataka Ohta