- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:32:41 +0000
- To: WebID Incubator Group WG <public-xg-webid@w3.org>
IPSec / IPSECKEY [RFC4025] ? WebID Incubator Group Issue Tracker wrote: > WebID-ISSUE-32 (nodns_webid): URIs with IP addresses and security [WebID Spec] > > http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/webid/track/issues/32 > > Raised by: Henry Story > On product: WebID Spec > > A URL need not contain a domain name, and so need not be tied to DNS. For example: > > http://29.45.62.12/peter#me > or > https://29.45.62.12/peter#me > > What are the advantages? > - Does it really bypass DNS? Does anyone ever get an IP address without a domain name? > > But how would security for such URLs work? > > If we think of pure https URLs the following questions arise > > - Do CAs certify IP addresses? > - The advantage of placing public keys in DNSSEC with DANE would be lost > > So would this require a completely new way of securing the IP address? > > > > >
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