[DNSOP] Re: [art] Re: DNS-designated Public Key Author ities (DKA)
Paul Kyzivat <[email protected]>
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On 6/7/26 11:59 PM, S Kishore wrote: > Paul - > > I agree that it is folly to guess email addresses. I believe the issue > that Bob points out is different from the one I suspect you are > imagining. Bob’s attack is not looking for a misspelling for a popular > email ID like Alice and trying to register its variations. Instead if an > attacker wants to attack a specific ID, say [email protected], the > attacker can register [email protected], and a public key for it, > then social engineering attacks are possible, IIUC, that isn't possible with gmail. It considers [email protected] to be an alias for [email protected], and so wouldn't permit it to be registered as a new account. Thanks, Paul _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]