Eliot Lear wrote:
... you do not see a benefit in stating the algorithm in the key
record when it has already been stated in the header, that perhaps there
is some nebulous potential downgrade attack. Is that right?
Yes.
And it's not "the" algorithm in the DNS record; it's a list of possible
algorithms. The list does not help the receiver know which algorithm is used
for a particular message.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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