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Re: [perpass] A reminder, the Network is the Enemy...

Matthäus Wander <matthaeus.wander@uni-due.de> Thu, 05 December 2013 10:09 UTC

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* Nicholas Weaver [2013-12-02 17:56]:
> Actually spoofing DNSSEC replies even with knowledge of the root key is going to be difficult...

If we assume the attacker can get the private root KSK from an US-based
corp, then we should also assume they can get the private root ZSK from
another US-based corp. As the owner of the root ZSK also owns the keys
for .com, the attack becomes much easier.

Regards,
Matt

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