On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 07:53:37PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre - &yet wrote:
> It seems to me that, by definition, the future cannot be helpfully discussed
> in a Best *Current* Practice document. The most we can do is point to some
> possible directions of future trends that might have an impact on the scope
> and applicability of the BCP. However, my preference would be to let the
> future take care of itself: I'm sure that folks will see fit to update the
> BCP as threats and technologies change over the next few years. Better to
> get recommendations out quickly and make it easy for people to ship
> documents that update or obsolete this one.
I agree, which is I was somewhat surprised by the "speculative" text
about potential future revocation approaches. The DANE (avoiding
revocation entirely) approach is at least something one can do now,
on a small scale since most domains are unsigned. The text talks
about things which can't be practiced at all as yet.
--
Viktor.
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