[VOIPSEC] Why a secure keyechange for media encryption?

Michael Prochaska tm021090 at fh-stpoelten.ac.at
Mon May 1 16:36:28 CDT 2006


btw, here is a document over public key distribution via DNS.

http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~mgilfix/publications/comp150csFP.pdf

from there i had the reference to rfc2065.

regards,
michael

tm021090 at fh-stpoelten.ac.at schrieb:
>>i don't think that there is already such a service but as i said, i want 
>>to describe at least one scenario in my thesis.
>>
>>my idea:
>>before a UA sends an invite it requests the public key from a DNS 
>>server. DNSSEC (rfc4033, rfc4034 and rfc4035) defines a possibility to 
>>distribute keys through the DNS.
> 
> 
> sorry, wrong direction :-(
> 
> from rfc2065 (which i've read a few months ago):
> "... This can be the public key of a zone, a host or other end entity, 
> or a user. ..."
> 
> from rfc4033 (which updates rfc2535 which updates rfc2065):
> "... The DNSKEY RR is not intended as a record for storing arbitrary
>     public keys and MUST NOT be used to store certificates or public keys
>     that do not directly relate to the DNS infrastructure. ..."
> 
> if i only had read the latest rfc :-)
> 
> 
> anyway, then another directory service has to do the job (LDAP, or maybe 
> something like a PGP keyserver).
> 
> regards,
> michael
> 
> 
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