Re: [DNSOP] DNS terminology: "Passive DNS"

2015-03-18 Thread Robert Edmonds
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:56:44PM -0400, > Robert Edmonds wrote > a message of 34 lines which said: > > >Passive DNS Replication -- A mechanism to collect and store resource > >records by observing responses, usually those sent by authoritative > >serv

Re: [DNSOP] DNS terminology: "Passive DNS"

2015-03-18 Thread Paul Vixie
Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:56:44PM -0400, > Robert Edmonds wrote > a message of 34 lines which said: > >> >Passive DNS Replication -- A mechanism to collect and store resource >> >records by observing responses, usually those sent by authoritative >> >

Re: [DNSOP] DNS terminology: "Passive DNS"

2015-03-18 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:56:44PM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote a message of 34 lines which said: >Passive DNS Replication -- A mechanism to collect and store resource >records by observing responses, usually those sent by authoritative >servers. Passive DNS databases can be used to

Re: [DNSOP] DNS terminology: "Passive DNS"

2015-03-17 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I think the distinction here is really important. Precise language, or lack thereof, results in unfortunate conclusions. $bystander; - - ferg On 3/17/2015 7:56 PM, Robert Edmonds wrote: > Hi, > > draft-hoffman-dns-terminology-02 has the followi

[DNSOP] DNS terminology: "Passive DNS"

2015-03-17 Thread Robert Edmonds
Hi, draft-hoffman-dns-terminology-02 has the following definition: Passive DNS -- A mechanism to collect large amounts of DNS data by storing queries and responses from many recursive resolvers. Passive DNS databases can be used to answer historical questions about DNS zones such as