SRV lookup support (Bugzilla 2217)

Thorsten Glaser
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:13:49 -0000

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021, Mara Sophie Grosch wrote:

> >(after all, they could already send it to an entirely different host)
> >but maybe I'm missing something...
>
> I think if an attacker controls DNS, it's a lost game anyway. Current

It?s still a level of indirection that isn?t traditionally used, and
which makes me a bit nervous, especially considering name resolution
is not just DNS (think /etc/hosts for example).

I?d prefer for this ?feature? to be disabled by default and stay that
way.

bye,
//mirabilos
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