Re: [DNSOP] RFC 2136 pre-requisite checks before client authorization checks

p vixie <paul@redbarn.org> Thu, 06 December 2018 15:29 UTC

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Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:29:13 +0100
From: p vixie <paul@redbarn.org>
To: Mukund Sivaraman <muks@mukund.org>, dnsop@ietf.org
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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] RFC 2136 pre-requisite checks before client authorization checks
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It's an error in the specification.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mukund Sivaraman <muks@mukund.org>
Sent: 2018-12-06 - 15:45
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Subject: [DNSOP] RFC 2136 pre-requisite checks before client authorization checks

> Hi all
> 
> Does anyone know why RFC 2136 sequences pre-requisite checks (section
> 3.2) to be performed before client permission checks (section 3.3)?  It
> seems weird to sequence them in this way, especially as it is cheaper to
> perform client IP address checks (and some zone permission checks)
> earlier in order.
> 
> Section 3.3.2 talks about why the client permissions check is in that
> position previous to subsequent actions, but not why it can't be
> performed earlier.
> 
> 		Mukund
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