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Re: Integrating BIND 8.2
- To: zack@rabi.columbia.edu
- Subject: Re: Integrating BIND 8.2
- From: baccala@FreeSoft.org
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:31:31 -0500 (EST)
- cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com, rms@santafe.edu
On 31 Mar, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>
> I've looked at the code more closely, and it does not implement
> cryptographic verification of ordinary DNS lookups (res_query). This
> means we could get away with leaving out the crypto, if we really
> needed to.
>
> zw
An argument could be made that the client doesn't need crypto. If you
want crypto verification, you point the resolver library at a nameserver
(probably on localhost) that does the crypto for you.
That could be your "plugin".
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-bwb
Brent Baccala
baccala@freesoft.org
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