Comments on: Fixing the holes http://it.gen.nz/2008/11/19/patching-the-holes/ Writings on technology and society from Wellington, New Zealand Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:10:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro http://it.gen.nz/2008/11/19/patching-the-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:45 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=358#comment-1232 I absolutely reject the need for haste on this. The two main killer apps on the Internet are e-mail and the Web. The Web has TLS/SSL, which protects against DNS holes. E-mail leaks like a sieve anyway, and a secure DNS isn't going to help with that. Other protocols that depend on security, like SSH, also have their own protections. So where, really, is the pressing need for a secure DNS/ I absolutely reject the need for haste on this. The two main killer apps on the Internet are e-mail and the Web. The Web has TLS/SSL, which protects against DNS holes. E-mail leaks like a sieve anyway, and a secure DNS isn’t going to help with that.

Other protocols that depend on security, like SSH, also have their own protections. So where, really, is the pressing need for a secure DNS/

]]> By: colin http://it.gen.nz/2008/11/19/patching-the-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 colin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:10:45 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=358#comment-1229 Lawrence While these are all good questions, there is unlikely to be consensus about the answers. And just doing nothing isn't an option. So, we need to find a way through this quickly without endless debate. Colin Lawrence

While these are all good questions, there is unlikely to be consensus about the answers. And just doing nothing isn’t an option. So, we need to find a way through this quickly without endless debate.

Colin

]]> By: Lawrence D'Oliveiro http://it.gen.nz/2008/11/19/patching-the-holes/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Lawrence D'Oliveiro Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:22:13 +0000 http://it.gen.nz/?p=358#comment-1227 Who do we trust with the root keys? Should the power go to an outfit that answers to the US Commerce Department? To the UN? Who? Is there a way to spread the trust, so no single entity has ultimate power over it all? Who do we trust with the root keys? Should the power go to an outfit that answers to the US Commerce Department? To the UN? Who?

Is there a way to spread the trust, so no single entity has ultimate power over it all?

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