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Security (Re: Encryption for DNS registration)
Donald Eastlake posted this on the IAHC-discuss list. Cool stuff.
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:14:05 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Security (Re: Encryption for DNS registration)
>
>People may want to note that yesterday (Feb 11th) the IESG approved the DNS
>dynamic update and DNS secure dynamic update (draft-ietf-dnssec-update-04.txt
>and draft-ietf-dnsind-dynDNS-11.txt) as Proposed Standards. The base DNS
>security protocol was approved some time ago and is now out as RFC 2065. TIS
>is working on a government funded implementation which will be in the public
>domain (http://www.tis.com/docs/research/network/dns.html). Their current
>Beta implementation of the base DNS security has been approved for export. I
>believe there is an independent implementation effort underway at Microsoft.
>
>While this was primarily motived by wanting to be able to securely do dynamic
>updates of the DNS in connection with DHCP, it is a general facility and
>could be one element of securely implenmeting a shared TLD. You would,
>however, still need a way of sending general authenticated messages. PGP
>seems like an excellent candidate for this as it is the de-facto standard
>available world wide.
>
>Donald
[ quotes from previous messages deleted -- Bill ]
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