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Re: [DNSOP] ALT-TLD and (insecure) delgations.

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> Sat, 04 February 2017 02:13 UTC

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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:13:53 -0500
From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] ALT-TLD and (insecure) delgations.
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On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 08:54:59PM -0500, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2017, at 8:51 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
> > If the resolver "has a local zone for alt" -- I think this means it is
> > authoritative for that zone -- why would it ask the root about it at
> > all?
> 
> As long as the stub resolver isn't validating, it's no problem. If it is validating, then the recursive resolver can't fool the stub resolver if there's a secure denial of existence.
> 

Right, that's always been the problem with using this _for the DNS_.
Homenet has no choice in that, because the whole point of the homenet
name is precisely to enable in-homenet DNS without reference to the
global DNS.  I think you're quite correct that we need to decide
whether alt is to be used for those purposes.  I'm not convinced
that's so useful.

A

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Andrew Sullivan
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