On 02/09/15 10:12, Holger Zuleger wrote:
>>> In practice subdomains registered under public suffixes do not allow
>>> dynamic DNS updates. Glue records and NS records can only be changed
>>> through EPP or proprietary protocols of the respective registries and in
>>> some cases only through fax or letter. Most registrars expose their
>>> interface to the registry, including glue record management, directly to
>>> registrants either through a self-service web interface that can be
>>> scraped, EPP or some proprietary protocol and only few require
>>> interaction with their customer support. So it is still possible to
>>> automatically update the glue records of a nameserver when its network
>>> is renumbered. However, there is no fine-grained access control - even
>>> if you interface directly with the registry. That means that you have to
>>> store the credentials that can be used to change all details of your
>>> domain in the registry on every nameserver if you want that nameserver
>>> to be able automatically update its glue records. If your domain uses
>>> DNSSEC with separate KSK and ZSK, it suffices to compromise a secondary
>>> nameserver to replace the KSK which undermines the security model.
> You can overcome the problem with the glue records by putting all the NS
> server in a different domain not below your zone. But this of course
> wouldn't help on DS or NS updates.

At some point/level of indirection you will need glue records.

- Matthias-Christian

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