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Re: [DNSOP] definitions of "public DNS Service"

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Fri, 22 May 2020 16:59 UTC

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Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 17:59:19 +0100
From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] definitions of "public DNS Service"
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I think despite what Paul H. said this is already covered in RFC 8499:

   Open resolver:  A full-service resolver that accepts and processes
      queries from any (or nearly any) client.  This is sometimes also
      called a "public resolver", although the term "public resolver" is
      used more with open resolvers that are meant to be open, as
      compared to the vast majority of open resolvers that are probably
      misconfigured to be open.  Open resolvers are discussed in
      [RFC5358].

Paul V. is right that "public" is not a good term in this context.
IIRC it was introduced as part of a product name to make it sound less
monopolistic. And just "DNS" is unhelpfully unclear about whether it's a
recursive or authoritative service.

Tony (whose random .sig seems to be trolling).
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