Re: [Gen-art] Gen-ART review of draft-ietf-dnsop-dnssec-dps-framework-08

[Fredrik Ljunggren <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-07-18, at 01:06, Russ Housley wrote:

> I think you missed my point.  In a PKI, when the issuer significantly changes the policy, subsequent certificates have a different policy identifier.  I do not see a similar concept here.

Russ, you are right. There is no such concept in DNSSEC (yet). Simply by looking at the signed data, there is no way of determining under what policy the data has been signed. Interested parties must stay informed using the process specified in section 1.4.3 (Specification change procedures) of the DPS.

Generally speaking, DNSSEC signatures are short-lived. From the time a new policy is in effect, old signatures will be flushed out within days. However, if there are significant changes made to the policy which materially affect the security posture of the zone, there may be several reasons to roll the signing key(s) and to indicate this in the DPS. This way, the validating party will be able to determine under what policy a signature has been generated, and act accordingly.

- Fredrik