Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Joe Abley writes : > On 2010-03-08, at 17:08, George Barwood wrote: > > > It's interesting to note that currently > > > > dig any . @a.root-servers.net +dnssec > > > > truncates, leading to TCP fallback > > > > but > > > > dig any . @l.root-servers.net +dnssec > > > does not tru

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-08, at 17:08, George Barwood wrote: > It's interesting to note that currently > > dig any . @a.root-servers.net +dnssec > > truncates, leading to TCP fallback > > but > > dig any . @l.root-servers.net +dnssec > > does not truncate ( response size is 1906 bytes ). A runs BIND9, as

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Masataka Ohta
Nicholas Weaver wrote: > DNSSEC is ONLY useful for things like TXT and CERT records fetched > by a DNSSEC aware cryptographic application, and that would > require a valid signature chain from the root(s) of trust > (either preconfigured or on a path from the signed root) validated > on the client

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <43fc3f50679f458a869f99d72ecd1...@localhost>, "George Barwood" write s: > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Joe Abley" > To: "Tony Finch" > Cc: "George Barwood" ; > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed > > > >

[DNSOP] IPv6 rDNS for ISPs v3

2010-03-08 Thread Lee Howard
I apologize for waiting until the last minute to make updates. Earlier versions of this draft have been discussed on-list and at the last two IETF meetings: draft-howard-isp-ip6rdns-03 Comments from the last meeting were as follows; I think I have responded to all of them in the new draf

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread George Barwood
- Original Message - From: "Joe Abley" To: "Tony Finch" Cc: "George Barwood" ; Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed >On 2010-03-08, at 11:18, Tony Finch wrote: >> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: >>> >> >>> - signing RO

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <06d5b206-5ec8-4e2a-9f5e-f6a4a6211...@icsi.berkeley.edu>, Nicholas W eaver writes: > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Paul Wouters wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > > > >> Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I thi > nk be paraphrased as

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > On 2010-03-08, at 11:18, Tony Finch wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > >> > > > >> - signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET would result in potentially-harmful large > >> responses with no increase in security > > > > Can't you deal with this by omitting the

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Nicholas Weaver
On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Thierry Moreau wrote: > Joe Abley wrote: >> On 2010-03-08, at 10:27, Paul Wouters wrote: >>> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: >>> Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think be paraphrased as follows: - howeve

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Thierry Moreau
Joe Abley wrote: On 2010-03-08, at 10:27, Paul Wouters wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think be paraphrased as follows: - however, since the root zone is signed, validators can already tell when they are tal

Re: [DNSOP] AS112 and IPv6

2010-03-08 Thread William F. Maton Sotomayor
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Alfred HÎnes wrote: At Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:27:20 -0500 (EST), William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote: Given that the other two drafts on AS112 are already along the path to getting considered beyond the WGLC, would it be prudent to generate a third draft specific to these issues?

Re: [DNSOP] AS112 and IPv6

2010-03-08 Thread Alfred Hönes
At Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:27:20 -0500 (EST), William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote: > ... > > Given that the other two drafts on AS112 are already along the path > to getting considered beyond the WGLC, would it be prudent to > generate a third draft specific to these issues? Nicely said. This indeed aga

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-08, at 11:18, Tony Finch wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: >> > >> - signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET would result in potentially-harmful large >> responses with no increase in security > > Can't you deal with this by omitting the root-servers.net RRSIGs from the > additional se

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Nicholas Weaver
On Mar 8, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Paul Wouters wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Nicholas Weaver wrote: > >> If your ISP is acting as a MitM on DNS, its acting as a MitM on everything, >> so DNSSEC buys you f-all if you are using it for A records, because any app >> using that A record either doesn't tru

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-08, at 10:27, Paul Wouters wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > >> Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think >> be paraphrased as follows: >> >> - if we sign ROOT-SERVERS.NET it will trigger large responses (the RRSIGs >> over the A and

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > > - signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET would result in potentially-harmful large > responses with no increase in security Can't you deal with this by omitting the root-servers.net RRSIGs from the additional section of responses to queries to the root? Tony. -- f.anth

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Paul Wouters
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Nicholas Weaver wrote: If your ISP is acting as a MitM on DNS, its acting as a MitM on everything, so DNSSEC buys you f-all if you are using it for A records, because any app using that A record either doesn't trust the net or is trivially p0owned by the ISP. If I detect

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Nicholas Weaver
On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:27 AM, Paul Wouters wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: > >> Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think >> be paraphrased as follows: >> >> - if we sign ROOT-SERVERS.NET it will trigger large responses (the RRSIGs >> over the A

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Paul Hoffman
At 9:38 AM -0500 3/8/10, Joe Abley wrote: >I also find Jim's point regarding NET rather compelling. If the NET zone is >not signed, then validating responses from a signed ROOT-SERVERS.NET zone >would require yet another trust anchor to be manually-configured. ...and to manually be removed in th

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Paul Wouters
On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Joe Abley wrote: Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think be paraphrased as follows: - if we sign ROOT-SERVERS.NET it will trigger large responses (the RRSIGs over the A and RRSets) which is a potential disadvantage Is it? Is DNSS

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Joe Abley
On 2010-03-07, at 03:06, George Barwood wrote: > I have been wondering about this. Our[*] reasoning so far with respect to signing ROOT-SERVERS.NET can I think be paraphrased as follows: - if we sign ROOT-SERVERS.NET it will trigger large responses (the RRSIGs over the A and RRSets) whic

[DNSOP] AS112 and IPv6

2010-03-08 Thread William F. Maton Sotomayor
Greetings all, There's some light discussion on the as112-ops mailing list about whether or not AS112 should start doing a further two things: - start replying using IPv6 transport - amass more delegations for network blocks, like those enumerated in rfc5735. Given that the other two draf

Re: [DNSOP] Should root-servers.net be signed

2010-03-08 Thread Florian Weimer
* Jim Reid: > So what? If the served zones are signed, it simply doesn't matter if > the address of a name server is spoofed or hijacked. This is only true if the whole DNS tree is signed (and if you don't value query privacy). -- Florian Weimer BFK edv-consulting GmbH htt