On 4/14/12 9:23 PM, "Warren Kumari" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Yes, but AT&T, Verizon, Cox, BestWeb, RR, TW, etc are currently *not*
>doing validation, and currently don't have much in the way of incentives
>to start -- yes, NASA was an unusual event, but what was the standard
>advice that kept popping up on twitter / forums / fb, etc?
>"Change your resolver to be 8.8.8.8 and the problem is fixed" -- now, I'm
>all for folk changing to use Google's resolvers, but to avoid validation
>isn't the right reasonŠ
>
>Yes, NTAs suck and have some really bad security implications, but I
>believe that the alternative is worse. Without a way for validating
>resolver operators to avoid users jumping ship to non-validation resolver
>operators we delay adoption (imo significantly) and users are at a much
>larger risk for a much longer time.
>
>Once most ISPs are performing validation there should be fewer screwups,
>and NTAs should be almost never needed -- but until we get to that point
>I think that they are needed, and the net security wins outweigh the
>costsŠ

+1

- Jason

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