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Re:Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS by CGamesPlay on Sunday February 26, 2023 @03:12AM (#34943939)
Doesn't SSH already support using TLS keys for authentication? So, we can skip the whole HTTPS part of the equation.
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Re:Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS by t0mas88 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @03:52AM (#34944091)
Jup, it does. And that was my first thought reading this as well.
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Re:Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS by jleahy on Sunday February 26, 2023 @04:02AM (#34944127)
No it has its own certificate system, it’s not TLS and it’s not even X.509.
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Re:Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS by growse on Sunday February 26, 2023 @05:22AM (#34944465)
Not being x.509 is arguably a good thing. :)
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