From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:42:15 -0800
As you know, as long as people rely on their ISPs for resolution services, DNSSEC isn't going to help. Where things get really offensive if when the ISPs _require_ customers (through port 53 blocking, T-Mobile Hotspot, I'm looking at you) to use the ISP's resolution services.
the endgame for provider-in-the-middle attacks is enduser validators, which is unfortunate since this use case is not well supported by current DNSSEC and so there's some more protocol work in our future ("noooooooooooo!!"). i also expect to see DNS carried via HTTPS, which providers tend to leave alone since they don't want to hear from the lawyers at 1-800-flowers.com. (so, get ready for https://ns.vix.com/dns/query/www.vix.com/in/a&rd=1&ad=1).