Using DNS to Securely Publish Secure Shell (SSH) Key Fingerprints
draft-ietf-secsh-dns-05

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From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
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Cc: Internet Architecture Board <iab@iab.org>,
    RFC Editor <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>, 
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Using DNS to Securely Publish SSH Key 
         Fingerprints' to Proposed Standard 

The IESG has approved the following document:

- 'Using DNS to Securely Publish SSH Key Fingerprints '
   <draft-ietf-secsh-dns-06.txt> as a Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Secure Shell Working Group. 

The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Tim Polk.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-secsh-dns-06.txt

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

      This document describes a method to verify Secure Shell (SSH) host
      keys using DNS security (DNSSEC). The document defines a new DNS
      resource record that contains a standard SSH key fingerprint.

Working Group Summary

      The Secure Shell Working Group came to consensus on this document.

Protocol Quality

      This document was reviewed by Russell Housley for the IESG.

RFC Editor Note