In message <[email protected]>, Michael Richardson writes:
> 
> Olafur Gudmundsson <[email protected]> wrote:
>     >> Or, "does any gTLD registrar support algs 13-14??"  Or, "won't anyone
>     >> validate my zone??"
>     >> 
>     >> So, currently, I use Dyn for some gTLD domains that I have that are
>     >> all DNSSEC-signed.  Recently, I decided to start signing some of them
>     >> with ECDSAP384SHA348.  Now I'll just update the DS records and...oh,
>     >> no algorithm 14 is supported in the drop-down menu for Dyn.  Neither
>     >> are 12 or 13 for that matter.  Okay, time to fire off a note to Dyn
>     >> tech support and here's the gem of the reply:
>     >> 
> 
>     > Hi Michael, on the second question almost every current release of all
>     > resolvers supports ECDSA verification the exceptions are that some OS
>     > distributions strip ECC from openssl and other crypto libraries as a
>     > precaution against patient lawsuits. Google Public DNS added support
>     > little bit over a week ago.
> 
> It's not a question of: "can we do this", but rather a question of:
>      if we do it,
>      then it needs to be done correctly,
>      which means some test cases and test data, and this takes a non-zero
>            amount of time.
>            
> Could the effort be better spent elsewhere?
> 
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Additionally with DLV we also need to be able to validate which means
more than upgrading OpenSSL.  It also means getting the ruby libraries
upgraded etc.

Mark
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