Re: [DNSOP] comments on dnsop-qname-minimisation-02

[Shumon Huque <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Bob Harold <[e-mail]> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Shumon Huque <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> One thing this document doesn't make clear is that the algorithm
>> being presented not only minimizes the query name, but also hides
>> the query type until it reaches the target zone (by using the NS
>> query type rather than the actual type). A pure query name minimization
>> algorithm can just strip off labels and issue normal queries with
>> the requested query type. I've implemented the latter algorithm
>> and it works fine (with well behaved authoritative servers). I agree
>> with the goal of additionally providing privacy for the query type,
>> but the document should explicitly state that, very early on. The
>> term 'qname minimization' also doesn't include in it the idea of
>> qtype hiding, but I don't have a suggestion for a better term.
>> ...
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>> Could I suggest "query minimization" as a term to include both qname and
> qtype minimization?
> The term might be a little too vague, but what do others think?
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I had also thought of 'query minimization', but I think that it risks being
misinterpreted as minimization of the number of queries, so it might not be
better.

Shumon Huque