On 2025-03-18 03:32 -07, Wes Hardaker <wjh...@hardakers.net> wrote:
> Florian Obser via Datatracker <nore...@ietf.org> writes:
>
>> Issue
>> =====
>> | 2.  Deprecating RSASHA1 and RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1 algorithms in DNSSEC
>> |   Validating resolvers MUST continue to support validation using these
>> |   algorithms as they are diminishing in use but still actively in use
>> |   for some domains as of this publication.  Thus, validating resolvers
>> |   MAY treat RRSIG records created from DNSKEY records using these
>> |   algorithms as an unsupported algorithm.
>> 
>> Éric flagged the previous wording in his AD review of version -02. I
>> still do not get what the new wording is trying to say. How does one
>> MAY do a thing that one MUST do at the same time? Are you maybe trying
>> to say that a validating resolver has two choices:
>> 1. Implement RSASHA1 and RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1 and do proper validation
>> 2. Stop implementing RSASHA1 and RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1 and treat the
>>    answer as insecure
>> But a validating resolver MUST NOT treat an answer as bogus solely
>> because it uses RSASHA1 or RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1.
>> 
>> Once that issue is resolved the document is ready to go.
>
> So the current text now says this, which came out of a previous
> iteration about this wording (which I agree is tricky to get right):
>
>     Validating resolver implementations MUST continue to support
>     validation using these algorithms as they are diminishing in use but
>     still actively in use for some domains as of this publication.
>     Because of RSASHA1 and RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1's non-zero use, deployed
>     validating resolvers MAY by configured to continue to validate RRSIG

nit: s/by/be/

>     records that use these algorithms.  Validating resolvers deployed in
>     more security strict environments MAY wish to treat these RRSIG
>     records as an unsupported algorithm.
>
> We believe this new wording handles this issue

LGTM. I expect another dnsdir review request will come my way soon, I'll
change the status to ready then.
Florian

>
> -- 
> Wes Hardaker
> USC/ISI

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