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>>>>> "Olafur" == Olafur Gudmundsson <ogud@ogud.com> writes:
Olafur> Steve Deering noted that we have AAAA, and going to A6 0 is a "no
Olafur> brainer", but if it is lots of work to change to A6 for a limited
Olafur> value, is it worth it?
While going to A6 0 is simple, if the stub resolver implementers simply ask
for "A6 0", i.e. ask for A6 instead of AAAA as if it was AAAA, then if we
come up with a new situation that *requires* A6 X (X!=0), then we are in
trouble.
Secondly, those code paths where X!=0 will not get tested even if they are
written, and security may be involved, and wouldn't a buffer overflow bug in
a stub resolver be pretty!
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