To:
dee3@torque.pothole.com (Donald E. Eastlake 3rd)
Cc:
dnsop@cafax.se, dee3@torque.pothole.com
From:
Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
Date:
Fri, 3 Dec 99 13:57:53 JST
In-Reply-To:
<199912030353.WAA19637@torque.pothole.com>; from "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" at Dec 2, 99 10:53 pm
Sender:
owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject:
Re: Last WG call for draft-ietf-dnsop-root-opreq-02.txt.
Donald; > I believe that experience indicates that confirmation via independent > transmission routes, even if each is "insecure", substantially > increates reliablity of the result over a single insecure > transmission. Yes. Harald could have said just "email", instead of giving false impression that unsigned emails are less secure than telephone or fax. > >> > "An operator of a root zone server MUST be able to get proof of the > >> > correctness of a zone file from the authority responsible for updating it > >> > by means not involving DNS operations, for example by telephone, fax, > >> > signed email with a trusted signature or other means". Masataka Ohta