Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unclear
Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Fri, 25 June 2010 00:59 UTC
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Subject: Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unclear
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On 6/14/10 10:16 AM, xmpp issue tracker wrote: > #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unclear > --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- > Reporter: stpeter@… | Owner: stpeter@… > Type: defect | Status: new > Priority: minor | Milestone: > Component: 3920bis | Version: > Severity: In WG Last Call | Keywords: > --------------------------------+------------------------------------------- > Reported by Dave Cridland: > > The text is unclear in Section 3.2.4 (SRV Security Checks). > > "I'm unclear on precisely what this means. Is this saying that if I lookup > cridland.net and find that it's hosted at Google, then I should ask my > user about this? Why?" Because a malicious attacker with access to the DNS server data, or able to cause spoofed answers to be cached in a recursive resolver, can potentially cause the initiating entity to connect to any XMPP server chosen by the attacker. (Yes, I borrowed that text from draft-daboo-srv-email-04.) Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
- [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unclear xmpp issue tracker
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Peter Saint-Andre
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… xmpp issue tracker
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Kevin Smith
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Philipp Hancke
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Matthew Wild
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Dave Cridland
- Re: [xmpp] #7: text on SRV Security Checks is unc… Peter Saint-Andre