Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)

"Wessels, Duane" <dwessels@verisign.com> Tue, 16 January 2018 22:09 UTC

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From: "Wessels, Duane" <dwessels@verisign.com>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>
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Thread-Topic: [EXTERNAL] [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)
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> On Jan 15, 2018, at 4:39 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
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> Some people regard upward referrals as a sign
>      of a misconfiguration or error.

Perhaps worth also noting that some people consider upward referrals harmful because they enable amplification attacks?

Of course there are more effective amplification-type responses, but nonetheless the size of the referral is larger than the size of the query and the size of a REFUSED.

DW