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Re: [dnsext] caches, validating resolvers, CD and DO

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 30 March 2011 11:17 UTC

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Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> wrote:
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> A validating resolver with direct access to the athoritative servers
> can work around a number of operational errors by being able to
> retry the query with different servers.

Is this the kind of thing you'd implement in an every-day stub resolver or
is it just for dig jockeys?

Tony.
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