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Re: [dnsext] need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)

Colm MacCárthaigh <colm@allcosts.net> Sun, 24 October 2010 17:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] need new flag bit in EDNS, "do me no favours" (DMNF)
From: Colm MacCárthaigh <colm@allcosts.net>
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On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> wrote:

> i'm thinking we need a flag bit in edns to allow a client to opt out of
> things like "web error redirection" (dns ad insertion).  the semantics
> of it would just be, if server policy allows "clear path" dns for this
> query, then the server is requested to provide same.
>


Sounds like an ok idea, though it's hard to see operators honouring the bit
- but to meet your own burden of relevance; why should the DNS protocol be
complicated with an EDNS change to facilitate the users of shared-resolvers
when those users could simply run their own?

-- 
Colm

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