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From: David Blacka <davidb@verisignlabs.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 10:17:25 -0400
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Subject: Re: dnssec: resolver - application communication

On Thursday 13 May 2004 9:21 am, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004, Ted Lindgreen wrote:
> > contra:
> >  protocol change.
> >  implementation change of current recursive nameservers.
> >
> > Question:
> >  Is the optimalisation worth the extra delay, that this protocol
> >  change will cause in finalising RFC2535bis?
>
> No.

How many times have we as a community said this, and then got the delay 
anyway?

I have a hard time believing that adding an additional extended RCODE would 
cause any noticeable delay in the process, since the process isn't exactly 
zipping along at a breakneck speed now.

DNSSEC workshop experience has shown (to me, at least) that using SERVFAIL for 
validation errors is sub-optimal. It may be that better debugging tools may 
make the use of SERVFAIL less bad, but I think that a NOTVAL rcode would nip 
a lot of operator confusion in the bud.

-- 
David Blacka    <davidb@verisignlabs.com> 
Sr. Engineer    VeriSign Applied Research

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