Re: dnscurve updates
Mark Johnson <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.djbdns |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Matthew Dempsky<[email protected]> wrote: > I think DNSCurve has been very architecturally stable. The two > "major" (and fairly early) changes that come to mind are adding the > streamlined packet format and increasing the nonce size (and thus > cipher suite). As someone who has updated prototype implementations > based on earlier specs to the current one, these were both very easy > changes to implement. > > The only changes in the last few months have been clarifications to > the text and changes to make TXT format packets more robust against > middleware boxes that mangle DNS packets (e.g., being more explicit > about what bytes a cache should send in a query vs. what bytes a > forwarder should allow in a query). > > There have certainly been no changes that required an implementer to > "tear out the kitchen sink." :) So, who's going to be the first to put all the nameservers for a real domain behind your DNSCurve forwarder? That would be a big vote of confidence. Dare you to try that with dempsky.org. 8)