Re: On the unpredictability of DNS

2008-08-09 Thread William Allen Simpson
It seems like enough time has passed to post publicly, as some of these are now common knowledge: Ben Laurie wrote: William Allen Simpson wrote: Keep in mind that the likely unpredictability is about 2**24. In many or most cases, that will be implementation limited to 2**18 or less. Why?

Re: On the unpredictability of DNS

2008-08-03 Thread Ben Laurie
William Allen Simpson wrote: I've changed the subject. Some of my own rants are about mathematical cryptographers that are looking for the perfect solution, instead of practical security solution. Always think about the threat first! In this threat environment, the attacker is unlikely to

Re: On the unpredictability of DNS

2008-07-31 Thread William Allen Simpson
I've changed the subject. Some of my own rants are about mathematical cryptographers that are looking for the perfect solution, instead of practical security solution. Always think about the threat first! In this threat environment, the attacker is unlikely to have perfect knowledge of the