[Dnssec-deployment] Why not NSEC3?

Paul Vixie vixie at isc.org
Fri Jul 9 16:44:04 EDT 2010


> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:38:09 -0400
> From: Edward Lewis <Ed.Lewis at neustar.biz>
> 
> NSEC3 is fine approach if you need to make use of its features.  But by
> comparison NSEC is easier to manage and troubleshoot.

kaminsky reminded me recently that white lies are way easier with NSEC3
than with NSEC.  H(x)-1 and H(x)+1 are easier to calc than x-1 and x+1
where 'x' is the qname.  so, there may be apps for NSEC3 other than where
the overall complexity is warranted or feature level is needed.


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