On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 05:45:40PM -0500, Scott Hollenbeck wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 05:57:32PM -0500, Samuel Weiler wrote:
> > > Section 2.1.2: It's still not clear exactly how the 
> > <secDNS:infData> 
> > > element's sDate, eDate and vInterval should be used: in particular, 
> > > none of these seem to specify a desired RRSIG lifetime.  
> > Perhaps sDate 
> > > and eDate are intended to do that, though it's likely that a DNSKEY 
> > > will be in use for far longer than the requested signing 
> > interval -- 
> > > perhaps another field <maxRRSIGlifetime> is needed?  This 
> > way a client 
> > > could say: don't publish this DS until time X, use an RRSIG 
> > lifetime 
> > > no more than 3 days, resigning the DSset every day, and quit 
> > > publishing this DS after 30 days.
> > 
> > By my reading:
> > 
> >  sDate means not being put in zone before it is that time  
> > eDate means taking it out of zone (preferably minus the eDate
> >    minus lifetime of the parent RRSIG).
> >  RRSIG lifetime, if honored, is supposed to be governed the
> >    signature interval that the client desires (ie only have signature
> >    valid for 4 days at a time as it moves between sDate and eDate).
> > 
> > Does that make sense?
> 
> Mark: are you suggesting that what's currently in there now as vInterval
> more correctly identifies the RRSIG lifetime?

I'm not sure it is needed as it seems a bit redundant to me. Sam
please correctly if I'm wrong.

Mark

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Mark Kosters            [EMAIL PROTECTED]       Verisign Applied Research
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