Threat Analysis of the Domain Name System (DNS)
RFC 3833

Yes

(Allison Mankin)
(Thomas Narten)

No Objection

(Alex Zinin)
(Bert Wijnen)
(Bill Fenner)
(David Kessens)
(Harald Alvestrand)
(Jon Peterson)
(Russ Housley)
(Scott Hollenbeck)
(Steven Bellovin)
(Ted Hardie)

Note: This ballot was opened for revision 07 and is now closed.

Allison Mankin Former IESG member
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                            Thomas Narten Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Alex Zinin Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Bert Wijnen Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Bill Fenner Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            David Kessens Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Harald Alvestrand Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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Some editorial comments from John Loughney entered into the tracker log

                            

                        
                    

                
            
                
                    

                        

                            Jon Peterson Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Russ Housley Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Scott Hollenbeck Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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                            Steven Bellovin Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            (was Discuss, Yes)
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Perhaps the discussion of MX records should note that a fake MX record could be used to divert mail to an enemy site.  Or maybe not, since mail that's sensitive should be encrypted anyway.

The claim that only RRs with names in the RDATA are vulnerable is, I think, incorrect.  A major cache contamination attack described described in [Bellovin95] inserted an A record to foil the cross-check on the name returned in an (enemy-generated) PTR record.  Admittedly, this only affects people who do name-based authentication, but I do think it should be mentioned.  (This is close to a DISCUSS, since it's an issue of technical accuracy, rather than style.)

My style when writing something like this would be to add citations to the first published description when describing individual attacks.  Your mileage may vary, and all of the important references are in the draft.

                            

                        
                    

                
            
                
                    

                        

                            Ted Hardie Former IESG member
                        

                        

                            
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