Automatic key verification / CERT in DNS / RFC4398

Julian Mehnle julian at mehnle.net
Fri Apr 7 00:08:13 CEST 2006


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Brad Knowles wrote:
> Werner Koch wrote:
> >  Do you think splitting the zones up in say  us.e.r._pka.example.net
> >  would be helpful?
>
> 	Putting the zones in a hierarchy will certainly help.  That way
> you don't have to change and reload an entire zone with millions of
> users, each time that a single modification has to be made.
>
> 	However, I would be careful in choosing a particular hashing
> scheme that will be set in stone -- what is sustainable for a small
> site will be totally inappropriate for a large site.

And here's where I think SPF's macro feature (or a similar facility) would 
be useful.  It would enable sites to specify their own custom schemes 
(within certain limits).
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