[ih] DKIM history, was IETF relevance (was Memories of Flag Day?)

[Michael Thomas]

On 8/30/23 7:06 AM, Dave Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
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> Besides the DNS, there is no other global Internet query service that 
> has integrated functional semantics.  The web might be mistakenly 
> thought to be one, but it isn't.  It is a global mechanism for 
> accessing a very large number of entirely independent query services.  
> Quite different from the nature and benefit of an integrated service 
> like the DNS.
>
Except for the part that DNSSec is largely not deployed and https is. 
DNS gets by unsecured largely by "trust but verify" where "verify" is 
largely TLS. When you are using it transfer keys, in this case, that's 
extremely dodgy. And a SRV record neatly creates that global service. 
Good thing they exist.

Mike