|
North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: fyi-- [dns-operations] early key rollover for dlv.isc.org
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:55:39 -0400 > From: Joseph S D Yao <[email protected]> > To: Fergie <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: fyi-- [dns-operations] early key rollover for dlv.isc.org > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:39:51PM +0000, Fergie wrote: > > Hmmm. It wouldn't have anything to do with prime numbers, now would > > it? :-) > > > Well, yes, but there are an infinite number of them. > > Of course, 17 is the most prime of them all. isc.org announced the early key rollover just as a discussion about "exponent 3 damage spreads" on the cryptography list was heating up. This discussion started with a statement that: > I've just noticed that BIND is vulnerable to: > > http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20060905.txt > > Executive summary: > > RRSIGs can be forged if your RSA key has exponent 3, which is BIND's > default. Note that the issue is in the resolver, not the server. > > Fix: > > Upgrade OpenSSL. So I thought that the early key rollover was due to this. Yet it seems to me that this discussion is still recommending that "-e 3" be used. Regards, GRegory hicks ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
|