In message <20170204021353.gf67...@mx2.yitter.info>, Andrew Sullivan writes:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 08:54:59PM -0500, Ted Lemon wrote:
> > On Feb 3, 2017, at 8:51 PM, Andrew Sullivan <a...@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
> > > If the resolver "has a local zone for alt" -- I think this means it is
> > > authoritative for that zone -- why would it ask the root about it at
> > > all?
> > 
> > As long as the stub resolver isn't validating, it's no problem. If it is 
> > validating, t
> hen the recursive resolver can't fool the stub resolver if there's a secure 
> denial of ex
> istence.
> > 
> 
> Right, that's always been the problem with using this _for the DNS_.
> Homenet has no choice in that, because the whole point of the homenet
> name is precisely to enable in-homenet DNS without reference to the
> global DNS.  I think you're quite correct that we need to decide
> whether alt is to be used for those purposes.  I'm not convinced
> that's so useful.

It's a problem for ALL special names.  BOGUS / SERVFAIL isn't the
response leaked names should get.  Its bad engineering.
 
> A
> 
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