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Re: [Doh] operational considerations

Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> Mon, 20 November 2017 22:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Doh] operational considerations
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> On 20 Nov 2017, at 22:01, Jim Reid <jim@rfc1035.com> wrote:
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> Local policy considerations and similar factors mean different DNS servers may provide different results to the same query: for instance in split DNS configurations [RFC6950]. It logically follows that the server which is queried can influence the end result. Therefore a client’s choice of resolving server may affect the responses it gets to its queries.

Replying to myself, eh? The above is a bit clunky. Try this instead:

Local policy considerations and similar factors mean a DNS server can sometimes provide different results to the same query: for instance in split DNS configurations [RFC6950]. It logically follows that the server which is queried can influence the end result. Therefore a client’s choice of DNS server may affect the responses it gets to its queries.

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