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RE: Wes Hardaker: opportunistic encryption deployment problems
> Henry Spencer writes:
> > On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
> > > I would not rely on any outcome being achieved as a byproduct of
> > > DNSSEC...
> >
> > In other words, we can't ever rely on DNS being secure? Come now.
> > Admittedly, there are obstacles between here and there,
> but it is still
> > the right solution for a number of problems.
>
> This strikes me as saying that the only obstacle to
> star travel is the speed of light...
>
> Mike
Not quite, light manages to travel from A to B independent of our
requirement for interstellar travel.
Unfortunately the requirement that people be able to use DNSSEC
as the solution to all the worlds security problems has led to a
significant and serious increase in the complexity, deployment
cost and overhead of DNSSEC.
Phill
Phillip