On 14/09/2020 15:32, libor.peltan wrote:
Let me leave some personal opnion/comments on this AUTHINFO idea,
although I don't know the background here.
There are multiple kinds of "capabilities" of an authoritative server.
Some of them are properties of the zone, some are properties of the DNS
server implementation, some are properties of the operational policy.
For examples: DNS algorithm, EDNS version, network MTU, respectively.
While it seems reasonable to disclose some properties of the zone by an
extra zone RR (although it would probably require extra query!), the
properties of DNS server will often vary since implementation diversity
is a general recommendation.
The initial drafts of what became DNS Stateful Operations (RFC 8490)
included something akin to a server capabilities exchange / negotiation.
Personally I think EDNS is the wrong place for negotiating server
properties because unless you're using TCP there's no guarantee that the
server whose properties you've cached is going to be the one that
answers the next query you send to that address.
The flip side is that RFC 8490 support is currently rare, and is perhaps
one of those server capabilities one wants to find out about :p
Ray
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