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Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)

Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@nic.fr> Sun, 12 November 2017 13:19 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Clarifying referrals (#35)
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On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 02:54:46AM -0500,
 Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote 
 a message of 74 lines which said:

> The second is a non-delegation referral (sometimes described as
> "referral response", as distinct from the delegation response
> above), where the server is not authoritative for any portion of the
> QNAME.  In this case, the referred-to zone in the Authority section
> is usually[1] the root zone (.).

This is an upward referral and I tought it was frowned upon since the
ISPrime attack (MUST NOT?  SHOULD NOT?)
<https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/articles/upward-referrals-considered-harmful>

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