Questions tagged [dane]

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With DNSSEC, is there any benefit in DANE for a CA- issued Cert?

I just deployed DNSSEC at val-id.com and getvalid.com Since DNSSEC is a requirement of DANE, and I have a CA-based certificate, can I show my support for DANE-based deployments by publishing my CA-based cert into DNS? My concern is consistency in…
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Security of DNSSEC without NSEC

DNSSEC uses NSEC (or NSEC3) records to indicate that requested domain name does not exist. NSEC has been criticized because it allows zone enumeration. What breaks, if dnssec is implemented without nsec records, that is, what if there is no…
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What is the purpose of DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) and how does it relate to DNSSEC?

What is the purpose of DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)? And how does it relate to the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)? Secondly, how can I verify that DANE is configured correctly? Either with a local tool or online…
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Email, Certificates and DANE

Does DANE offer the ability to provide certificates for services? Or is it just hosts? How does one specify a mail server with DANE? If my email is jd@foo.com but mail.bar.com is the email server, then do I publish mail.bar.com for the foo.com…
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Is it okay to publish a TLSA records for non-DNSSEC CNAME'ed services?

In the scenario with two domain names example.com secured with DNSSEC example.org not secured with DNSSEC and a mail service running at smtp.example.org: I want to secure the mail service using TLSA/DANE. Is this somehow possible and can I expect…
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Why is the DANE protocol depending on DNSSEC?

Why is the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) protocol depending on Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)?
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SSH like promiscuity for HTTPS

I want to build something, but I haven't seen it before. Maybe you have? I'd like to build a HTML5 app, served to modern browsers and phones from a microcomputer (e.g. BBB). The microcomputer would be an open Access Point (not necessarily…
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Use DANE to authentify mail sender

I have my own virtual DNS infrastructure, from the root to the mail server mail.example.com. Everything is signed using DNSSEC. client1@example.com can send email to client2@example.com, digitally signed with his certificate. As both the clients…
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Non-TLS-authoritative ZSKs?

Under DANE, the digital chain of trust goes (roughly): [Public visibility of the ceremony for the generation of the] ICANN Root Zone Key, which something something involving the TLD authorities and registrars, which culminates in validation of…
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Is DANE the DNS-variant of HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP)?

I’m trying to understand DANE and TLSA records more accurately. Is it fair to call DANE the DNS-variant of (or at least a very similar technique to) HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP)? Because with HPKP a SSL certificate can be pinned using a HTTP…
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How does the DANE protocol make Certificate Authorities obsolete?

How does the DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) protocol make Certificate Authorities (CA) obsolete? In other words: How is it technically possible that DANE does not need Certificate Authorities?
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Would DNSSec and DANE be more secure if the same key was published to different TLDs?

Assuming that it's tough to get many government owned TLDs to cooperate to spoof DANE or DNSSec, would it be wise to publish the same certificate (different SAN names) to various TLDs? For…
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