[1550] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: _DNS_ security problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Stromberg)
Mon Feb 26 18:50:36 1996
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:57:28 -0800
From: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@test34a.acs.uci.edu>
To: Bob Denny <rdenny@dc3.com>
CC: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@test34a.acs.uci.edu>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Bob Denny wrote:
>
> 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
Are you suggesting that DNS be replaced?
Do you feel IPv6 is a bad idea?
