Re: [Add] Why so complex? (was Re: some background on split DNS with DNSSEC)

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Thu, 11 November 2021 10:38 UTC

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:38:01 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
To: Ben Schwartz <bemasc@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [Add] Why so complex? (was Re: some background on split DNS with DNSSEC)
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2021, at 06:02, Ben Schwartz wrote:
> I don't understand.  The whole point of this is that it _reduces_ trust 
> in the PvD, by declaring that the client ignores the PvD's instructions 
> unless it can prove that this is what the owner of the affected domain 
> actually wants.

It's a net increase.  The PvD is being used to allow the network to select a resolver in a way that overrides the choice to use another resolver.