In message <[email protected]>, Michael Richardson writes:
> 
> Mark Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
>     mcr> It's not a question of: "can we do this", but rather a question of: 
> if
>     mcr> we do it, then it needs to be done correctly, which means some test
>     mcr> cases and test data, and this takes a non-zero amount of time.
>     mcr> 
>     mcr> Could the effort be better spent elsewhere?
> 
>     > 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.
> 
> Yes, I was trying to leave the underlying technical hurdles aside
> (because, I'm sure, when given the mandate, I can deal with them in short
> order) and focus on the political and testability hurdles and intentions for
> this list..

There is a difference between a body that should just be a conduit
to the registry and one that is acting like a CA and needs to
establish bona fides.  This results in different technical requirements
and there was a assumption being made that just upgrading OpenSSL
was enough.

A registrar should just be passing along the DS records.  Some
registrars actually have too complicated interfaces.  A simple cut-
and-paste of the entire record should be enough.  Pull down lists
where you set each field are just stupid and actually introduce
errors.

> Given that DLV will be sunset'ed, are new algorithms important to this 
> community?
> 
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