Re: [DNSOP] Terminology: validating resolver

["Paul Hoffman" <[e-mail]>]

On 2 Apr 2018, at 17:05, George Michaelson wrote:

> RFC4035 section 3.2 looks like it has usable words surely?

Maybe I'm an idiot, but I see no definition of "validating resolver" 
there.

> not from those words, but in my personal opinion, Any resolver which
> is able to understand and apply the semantic context of DNSSEC
> signatures over RR should be considered a validating resolver.
> However, a validating resolver may also be seen NOT to perform
> validation because it receives queries with the CD bit set. Therefore,
> you cannot say that all queries through a validating resolver
> necessarily demonstrate it is capable of validating. Its not entirely
> subject to external views of its behaviour without the full context of
> what was in the query received.

Errr, could you give that specific words that you would want to replace 
the current definition?

--Paul Hoffman