About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of DNS in proving resource ownership and the introduction of a new record type that creates a persistent connection between resources and certificate authorities.

  As DNS is more widely used to distribute certificate information, proving ownership of a resource becomes more critical. The constant challenges required to prove resource ownership, however, increase delay in connecting or using a resource. DNS persists--as the name implies--creates a persistent connection between a resource and a certificate authority. Henry Birge-Lee, Michael Slaughter, and Shiloh Heurich join Russ and Tom to explain how this new record type works and it's importance to DNS.

People in this episode

Host: Russ White

Guests: Henry Birge-Lee, Michael Slaughter, Shiloh Heurich

Topics covered

• DNS
• certificate information
• resource ownership
• persistent connection
• record type

Keywords

• DNS
• certificate authority
• resource ownership
• persistent connection
• record type
• Henry Birge-Lee
• Michael Slaughter
• Shiloh Heurich

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: certificate authority

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