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Re: More haste, less speed.

"Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> Mon, 06 March 2017 21:40 UTC

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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:40:17 -0800
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
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Subject: Re: More haste, less speed.
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Yo Viktor!

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:30:30 -0500
Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane@dukhovni.org> wrote:

> > Security Policy can benefit from DNSSEC but it absolutely does not
> > require DNSSEC to provide value.  
> 
> This is not true for SMTP, which is vulnerable to downgrade attacks
> if the security policy is not made tamper-resistant.

Please do not make the best the enemy of the merely better.  Often a
little better is good enough for now.

RGDS
GARY
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