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>>>>> "Miek" == Miek Gieben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> But, in any case, if you believe that the key can be brute forced
>> during any low multiple of the "key publication period", then the
>> period is probably too short, or the keys too small.
^long
Sorry.
Miek> yes, but I'm not sure is something of this wording should be put
Miek> in, although I like the idea of "garbage keys".
If you are very paranoid.
>> It would be good to explain this.
Miek> Maybe adding something like this would help?:
Miek> If the old key gets compromised the new key is already distributed
Miek> in the DNS. A zone administrator is than able to quickly switch to
Miek> the new key and remove the compromised key from the zone.
Yes.
>> The major advantage is that it costs only 1 DNSKEY record, vs
>> O(size-of-zone) DNSSIG records.
Miek> yes, true, took me a moment to parse this, but you mean that you
Miek> don't need to have a double signed zone (which could be really
Miek> big).
Yes, that's the point.
It means that nearly all large zones would want to pre-publish the next
key.
>> I believe that we should have a BCP for this part.
Miek> a seperate one? Or be just more verbose in this one?
>> What does it mean to securely notify the parent -- this is a human
>> protocol, not necessarily just a network one.
Miek> I have no idea what is means, it probably means don't use the
Miek> DNS.... :)
A seperate BCP on the human protocol for indicating a compromise of a key
via out-of-band protocol.
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