DNSSEC: exchanging one threat for another?
Security geeks have a permanent blind spot: “potential for misapplication of security technology.” The problem also afflicts scientists in science-fiction B-movies: the giant robot decides that it wants to serve mankind crispy-fried and the story ends with reflection upon our inability to appreciate the simple life.
With this in mind it’s with some trepidation that I embrace DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)…
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Alec, regardless of you opinion on the modern state of unauthorised copying, what do you think of the Dot-P2P project as an alternative answer to the DNS problem? (http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-based-dns-to-counter-us-domain-seizures-101130/)
Hi Ben – short version, me likee. I see no reason for there to be only one DNS.
Will the long answer be published as an Unscrewing Security blog posting instead?
Most likely.