Re: [DNSOP] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dnsop-serve-stale-00.txt

Dave Lawrence <tale@dd.org> Wed, 15 November 2017 01:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] I-D Action: draft-ietf-dnsop-serve-stale-00.txt
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Bob Harold writes:
> I am a little concerned about yet another option that the client
> might want to send with every query.  Can the existence of *any*
> EDNS option from the client be taken to mean that EDNS options are
> understood in general, and the resolver is ok to respond with this
> ENDS option, which the client might not understand but will not choke on?

I personally am of the belief that yes, if the request has an OPT then
a responder can include an option code that was not in the request.
At least I don't see anything in 6891 to prohibit it.  This is
behaviour that draft-ietf-dnsop-extended-error is also expecting.