[cabfpub] Pre-Ballot 125 - CAA Records

Sigbjørn Vik sigbjorn at opera.com
Tue Jul 22 06:46:38 UTC 2014


On 21-Jul-14 20:11, Rick Andrews wrote:
> Siggy, how does the addition of a CAA record make DoS or DNS amplification attacks more problematic?

I am no DNS expert, merely relaying comments from our sysadmin. If
people with more knowledge in the field conclude that this is not an
issue, that is fine with me, but it should be considered.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sigbjørn Vik [mailto:sigbjorn at opera.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:21 AM
> To: Rick Andrews; Geoff Keating; Stephen Davidson
> Cc: cabfpub
> Subject: Re: [cabfpub] Pre-Ballot 125 - CAA Records
> 
> On 17-Jul-14 23:51, Rick Andrews wrote:> Siggy,
>>
>> There are a number of Security Considerations in Section 6 of the CAA 
>> RFC (_http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6844#page-13_) which detail 
>> possible abuse.
> 
> I don't see DoS or DNS amplification listed there.
> 
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> Sigbjørn Vik
> Opera Software
> 


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