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Re: [secdir] secdir review of draft-ietf-dnsop-as112-dname-04

"Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)" <kwiereng@cisco.com> Thu, 07 August 2014 10:30 UTC

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From: "Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)" <kwiereng@cisco.com>
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Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:30:33 +0000
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Sorry, dropped a letter in copy/paste of draft name 

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> On 07 Aug 2014, at 11:45, "Klaas Wierenga (kwiereng)" <kwiereng@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have reviewed this document as part of the security directorate's 
> ongoing effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the 
> IESG.  These comments were written primarily for the benefit of the 
> security area directors.  Document editors and WG chairs should treat 
> these comments just like any other last call comments.
> 
> I believe this document is "ready with issues."
> 
> The document describes adding and dropping of zones for AS112, the zone that is meant rot act as a sinkhole for reverse lookups for addresses that are for private-use only.
> 
> I think the document is clearly written and with my limited understanding of DNS it all seems to make sense from a technical point of view. 
> 
> What I am not so sure of however is the statement in the security considerations: 
> 
> "This document presents no known additional security concerns to the Internet.
> For security considerations relating to AS112 service in general, see RFC6304bis]."
> 
> And in the introduction
> 
> "The AS112 project does not accommodate the addition and removal of
>   DNS zones elegantly.  Since additional zones of definitively local
>   significance are known to exist”
> 
> It appears to me that moving from a static list of well known ranges as defined in 6304bis to a dynamic adding and dropping of IP-address ranges that are "of definitively local
>   significance” is prone to error, potentially leading to blackholing valid address space, either on purpose or by accident. I may show my ignorance here, but I feel that a discussions as to why that risk doesn’t exist is warranted. 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Klaas
> 
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