[dns-operations] security-aware stub resolver

Michael Monnerie michael.monnerie at it-management.at
Fri May 23 11:16:59 UTC 2008


On Freitag, 23. Mai 2008 Florian Weimer wrote:
> We need DNSSEC, but application behavior cannot depend on whether
> data from DNS has passed DNSSEC validation or not.

If the answer is from "normal" DNS, the browser could display the URL in 
yellow. If from DNSSEC and valid, it's green. But red when DNSSEC and 
not valid.
Just like it is for non valid HTTPS Certs right now, at least in 
Firefox. DNS should get similar security awareness.

mfg zmi
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