[1549] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: _DNS_ security problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Denny)
Mon Feb 26 18:15:04 1996
From: Bob Denny <rdenny@dc3.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 12:11:16 -0800
In-Reply-To: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@test34a.acs.uci.edu>
"Re: _DNS_ security problems" (Feb 26, 9:35)
To: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@test34a.acs.uci.edu>
Cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Dan Stromberg wrote:
> [...] The bind authors
> apparently feel that PTR records should be treated as second class
> citizens within the DNS, but there are apparently a lot of folks around
> the net building security systems that hinge on their usage.
Tough stuff. DNS is not a security tool. Never was, and I hope to God they
don't try to pervert it into one. We really need a lightweight, efficient
naming service.
-- Bob
