What's left to doo on NTS

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:58:14 -0800
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> rlaager at wiktel.com said:
> > CNAMEs don't really help. Certificate validation uses the original
> > name anyway.  
> 
> I was assuming we could intercept the CNAME and use that for
> certificate validation.  Maybe I should have said SRV or TXT or ???

The name in ntp.conf MUST match the name in the cert.  Unless you
override it ("noval", pin, etc.).

> The normal  getaddrinfo and friends automatically follow CNAMEs.
> Thus my comment about needing some DNS code.

Which opens a big fat back door.

RGDS
GARY
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