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Re: DNSCurve vs. DNSSEC - FIGHT! (was OpenDNS today announced it has adopted DNSCurve to secure DNS)

Wassim Haddad <wmhaddad@gmail.com> Mon, 01 March 2010 21:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: DNSCurve vs. DNSSEC - FIGHT! (was OpenDNS today announced it has adopted DNSCurve to secure DNS)
From: Wassim Haddad <wmhaddad@gmail.com>
To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Masataka Ohta <
mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote:

Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
>
> > Moving to DNSSEC, regardless of the technical model does not eliminate
> > the need for certificates or CAs. The purpose of EV certificates is to
> > re-establish the principle of accountability.
>
> I don't know what EV means, but anything human, including CA, is not
> infallible, which is why PKI is insecure.
>

=> Can you please explain in few lines what would be your preference(s) for
a solution to enable
DNSsec?
I apologize if you have already submitted a proposal about it which I must
have missed... in which case,
I would appreciate a pointer.


Regards,

Wassim H.

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