[dns-operations] Introducing DNSCrypt

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Tue Dec 6 18:11:58 UTC 2011


Once upon a time, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> said:
> IPsec is clearly not deployed. There are many reasons for that but one
> of the most important seem to be the difficulty to distribute
> keys. Relying on IPsec to secure DNS is not realistic.

How does this (less-deployed-than-IPsec) DNSCrypt handle key
distribution?  I looked at the referenced URL, but saw nothing about how
the endpoints are authenticated.  Encryption without verified
authenticity is not much use.

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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