Re: [DNSOP] Some distinctions and a request - Have some class?

Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com> Sun, 05 July 2015 11:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Some distinctions and a request - Have some class?
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On Jul 5, 2015, at 4:51 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 09:16:17AM -0700,
> Steve Crocker <steve@shinkuro.com> wrote 
> a message of 21 lines which said:
> 
>> except for the additional load it places on the root servers,
> 
> RFC 7535 could be a solution.
> 
>> I propose augmenting the DNS to include entries in the root that
>> serve the purpose of giving slow NXDOMAIN responses instead of quick
>> responses for those strings that the IETF has identified as not
>> TLDs.
> 
> If it is a serious proposal, I object. Delaying answers require
> keeping state in the authoritative name server and opens a nice DoS
> boulevard.

Hmm… It would be acceptable to simply dump requests for those names if the load is too high.