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

Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> Wed, 30 March 2011 11:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] caches, validating resolvers, CD and DO
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In message <alpine.LSU.2.00.1103301218140.5244@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Tony Fi
nch writes:
> Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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?

Every day validating stub resolver.  Dig is a diagnotic tool and
would only implement this if it was explicitly told to.  You want
dig to see the errors.

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