In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Neil Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> On Thursday 18 November 2004 10:07 am, David Waite wrote:
> > Nothing can be done without trust. We are using Verisign today as a
> > trusted body for providing correct DNS records and references.
> 
> Funny business in DNS is easy to detect.  Funny business in certificates is 
> not.
> 
> Trusted third parties in DNS are required.  Trusted third parties in 
> encryption are not.
> 
> So I'd rather not see the use of encrypted Jabber connections tied to the 
> use of a redundant third party.

It's too bad that DNSSEC is not (yet) more widely deployed.

http://www.dnssec.net/

/psa

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