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Re: [perpass] DNS confidentiality

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Fri, 15 November 2013 09:10 UTC

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From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr>
To: Dan York <york@isoc.org>
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Subject: Re: [perpass] DNS confidentiality
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 03:32:06PM +0000,
 Dan York <york@isoc.org> wrote 
 a message of 117 lines which said:

> I very much support the draft

By the way, the draft talks only about *passive* attacks, in line with
the perpass "charter", and therefore does not mention DNSSEC.

But evil projects like QUANTUM and FOXACID
<https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/how_the_nsa_att.html>
are known to use *active* attacks to make mass surveillance
easier. Against these attacks, DNSSEC may have a role. Good summary
(and plead for DNSSEC deployment) in
<http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/this-is-how-the-internet-backbone-has-been-turned-into-a-weapon/>

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