Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-04 Thread Tony Finch
Frederico A C Neves fne...@registro.br wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 04:25:10PM -0400, Nicholas Weaver wrote: IMO they do until validators record and use a 'root key ratchet': never accept a key who's expiration is older than the inception date of the RRSIG on the youngest root ZSK seen,

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 2, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Jim Reid j...@rfc1035.com wrote: My gut feel is large ZSKs are overkill because the signatures should be short-lived and the keys rotated frequently. Though the trade-offs here are unclear: is a 512-bit key that changes daily (say) better than a 2048-bit key

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Joe Abley
On 2 Apr 2014, at 10:26, Ted Lemon ted.le...@nominum.com wrote: The problem with the way you've phrased this question is that there does not seem to be agreement amongst the parties to this discussion whether old keys matter. If you think they do, you need longer keys. If you think they

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread  Roy Arends
On 02 Apr 2014, at 15:19, Jim Reid j...@rfc1035.com wrote: There's been a lot of noise and very little signal in the recent discussion. It would be helpful if there was real data on this topic. Is an RSA key of N bits too weak or too strong? I don't know. Is N bits good enough? Probably.

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Phil Regnauld
Joe Abley (jabley) writes: 1. subverting sufficient NTP responses over a long enough period to cause the remote resolver's clock to turn back in time (long period suggested due to many/most? implementations' refuse large steps in times, and hence many smaller steps might be required)

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM,  Roy Arends r...@dnss.ec wrote: Just a thought that occured to me. Crypto-maffia folk are looking for a minimum (i.e. at least so many bits otherwise its insecure). DNS-maffia folk are looking for a maximum (i.e. at most soo many bits otherwise

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM,  Roy Arends r...@dnss.ec wrote: Just a thought that occured to me. Crypto-maffia folk are looking for a minimum (i.e. at least so many bits otherwise its insecure). DNS-maffia

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Ted Lemon
On Apr 2, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Joe Abley jab...@hopcount.ca wrote: This seems like an intractably difficult thing to accomplish. Bear in mind that all you _really_ have to do is get a bogus ZSK with the current time into the resolver, which you may be able to do with some clever NTP shenanigans

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Evan Hunt
On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 11:33:20AM -0400, Ted Lemon wrote: Bear in mind that all you _really_ have to do is get a bogus ZSK with the current time into the resolver, which you may be able to do with some clever NTP shenanigans over a relatively short timescale. But yeah, this isn't likely to

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Nicholas Weaver
On Apr 2, 2014, at 11:19 AM,  Roy Arends r...@dnss.ec wrote: Just a thought that occured to me. Crypto-maffia folk are looking for a minimum (i.e. at least so many bits otherwise its insecure). DNS-maffia folk are looking for a maximum (i.e. at most soo many bits otherwise

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Frederico A C Neves
Nicholas, On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 04:25:10PM -0400, Nicholas Weaver wrote: ... And please don't discount the psychology of the issue. If DNSSEC wants to be taken seriously, it needs to show it. Using short keys for root and the major TLDs, under the assumptions that it can't be cracked

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Richard Lamb
. I look forward to following further discussions on this topic. -Rick -Original Message- From: DNSOP [mailto:dnsop-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Joe Abley Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 7:50 AM To: Ted Lemon Cc: IETF DNSOP WG Subject: Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC On 2 Apr 2014

Re: [DNSOP] key lengths for DNSSEC

2014-04-02 Thread Phillip Hallam-Baker
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:19 AM,  Roy Arends r...@dnss.ec wrote: On 02 Apr 2014, at 15:19, Jim Reid j...@rfc1035.com wrote: There's been a lot of noise and very little signal in the recent discussion. It would be helpful if there was real data on this topic. Is an RSA key of N bits too