Re: [RSSAC Caucus] Rogue Operator Work Party: Source of zone data

Renard, Kenneth D CTR USARMY CCDC C5ISR (USA) via rssac-caucus writes:

... The question to the group is: “Would using an intermediate source of root zone data, by itself, be considered a ROGUE operation?”  Regardless of who the intermediate is…, regardless of the authenticity of the zone data…

in my opinion, no. carrier pigeon, /dev/random, hostile nation-state actor, none of that matters. if it's dnssec-authentic using the icann key, then the publication of such data is in-bounds and not-rogue. source, including intermediaries, no longer matters. that's the underlying meaning of dnssec. vixie