[83704] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: DNSSEC to be strangled at birth.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Levine)
Thu Apr 5 15:50:19 2007
Date: 5 Apr 2007 14:21:10 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <024e01c776d9$7dc1eb70$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
Cc: dave.korn@artimi.com
> The DHS has "requested the master key for the DNS root zone."
> Can anyone seriously imagine countries like Iran or China signing up
> to a system that places complete control, surveillance and
> falsification capabilities in the hands of the US' military
> intelligence?
For anyone who hasn't been paying attention, the root zone is
maintained by IANA which since February 2000 has been run by ICANN
under a contract with the US Department of Commerce. DOC calls the
shots and always has.
I don't understand any better than anyone else why DHS sent out a
press release that can accomplish nothing but get people upset, but at
most this is a turf battle between two cabinet departments. The war
was over seven years ago.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
"More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
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