Re: The internet architecture

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Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> please figure out how to make DNS more reliable, more in sync with the
> world, and less of a single point of failure and control, before
> insisting that we place more trust in it.

   A while back, in the SIDR mail-list, a banking-level wish-list was
published:
] 
] - That when you establish a discussion with endpoint you are (to the   
]   best of current technology) certain it really is the endpoint.
] 
] - That you are talking (unmolested) to the endpoint you think you are  
]   for the entirety of the session.
] 
] - That what is retrieved by the client is audit-able at both the
]   server and the client.
] 
] - That retrievals are predictable, and perfectly repeatable.
] 
] - That the client _never_ permits a downgrade, or unsecured retrieval   
]   of information
] 
] - That Trust anchor management for both the client ssl and the PRKI
]   is considered in such a way that it minimises the fact there is no
]   such thing as trusted computing.

   How much of this is it reasonable to ask the DNS to do?

--
John Leslie <john@xxxxxxx>
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