A validating resolver is a prerequisite for validating clients to work. Clients 
don’t have direct access to the authoritative servers so the can’t retrieve 
good answers if the recursive servers don’t filter out the bad answers.

Think of a recursive server as a town water treatment plant. You could filter 
and treat at every house and sometimes you still do like boiling water for baby 
formula but on the most part what you get out of it is good enough for 
consumption as is. 

-- 
Mark Andrews

> On 2 Dec 2023, at 08:14, John Thurston <john.thurs...@alaska.gov> wrote:
> 
> 
> At first glance, the concept of a validating resolver seemed like a good 
> idea. But in practice, it is turning out to be a hassle.
> 
> I'm starting to think, "If my clients want their answers validated, they 
> should do it." If they *really* care about the quality of the answers they 
> get, why should my clients be trusting *me* to validate them?
> 
> Can someone make a good case to me for continuing to perform DNSSEC 
> validation on my central resolvers?
> 
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> 
> John Thurston    907-465-8591
> john.thurs...@alaska.gov
> Department of Administration
> State of Alaska
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