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Re: WG chair nits on draft-ietf-secsh-dns-02.txt



[wg chair hat off]

> A different approach to solve the DNS search path issue would be for
> clients to use a trusted DNS search path, i.e., one not acquired
> through DHCP or other autoconfiguration mechanisms. 

Good.

>       Since there is
>    no way for the DNS lookup APIs to tell whether a search path is from
>    a trusted source, the entire client system would need to be
>    configured with this trusted DNS search path.

I'd say "No way with current DNS lookup API's to tell.." instead of
assuming that this will be true for all time..

					- Bill




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