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Re: [dane] An AD bit discussion

James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> Wed, 26 February 2014 19:11 UTC

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>>>>> "PW" == Paul Wouters <paul@nohats.ca> writes:

PW> Now for my question. Until we reach 4), what should we do with the AD
PW> bit in getaddrinfo() ?

PW> A) strip the AD bit in struct addrinfo for "untrusted nameservers". A new
PW>    configuration mechanism will allow white-listing nameservers and 127.0.0.1
PW>    will always be on the whitelist.

PW> B) do nothing

I've always preferred a local resolver, and with dnssec a local
verifier, on every system.  If there are systems unable or unwilling
to do that, then A is a reasonable compromize until they can and will.

-JimC
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