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Subject: [DNSOP] Why does RFC 4035 allows a security-aware authoritative
 name server to not send RRSIG RRs that a security-aware resolver can use to
 authenticate the RRsets in the response?
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Hello,

In RFC 4035 3.1.1. Including RRSIG RRs in a Response, it says:

>    When responding to a query that has the DO bit set, a =
security-aware
>    authoritative name server SHOULD attempt to send RRSIG RRs that a
>    security-aware resolver can use to authenticate the RRsets in the
>    response.  A name server SHOULD make every attempt to keep the =
RRset
>    and its associated RRSIG(s) together in a response.  Inclusion of
>    RRSIG RRs in a response is subject to the following rules:

All the statements above use SHOULD, which means RECOMMENDED, which =
means that there exists valid reasons in particular circumstances to NOT =
SEND RRSIG RRs with the RRSet in the response.
However, the paragraph below it uses MUST:

>       o  When placing a signed RRset in the Answer section, the name =
server
>       MUST also place its RRSIG RRs in the Answer section.  The RRSIG
>       RRs have a higher priority for inclusion than any other RRsets
>       that may have to be included.  If space does not permit =
inclusion
>       of these RRSIG RRs, the name server MUST set the TC bit.

It would be very helpful if someone could help me understand this =
SHOULD/MUST behavior difference

1. What are the particular circumstances in which a name server is =
allowed to do that?

2. One case I can think of is truncation, is truncation the only =
situation allowed to not include RRSIG?

3. If the name server is allowed to only include the RRSet, how could =
the security-aware resolver fetch the missing RRSIG separately (A =
specific RFC would be very helpful!)?=20
(I tried to use dig to send query for RRSIG explicitly, but it seems =
that the name server will only return partial result or no result for =
the RRSIG query, so I guess the result of RRSIG query is similar to the =
result of type ANY query?).

Thanks.

--
Joey Deng



