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Re: resolv.conf format for DNSSEC [was: DNSSEC support in stub-resolver]
- From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav at redhat dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Petr Spacek <pspacek at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 02:32:31 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: resolv.conf format for DNSSEC [was: DNSSEC support in stub-resolver]
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> I'm not very sanguine about the notion of another configuration file. One
> reason is that everyone's resolver would now do an addition open for a file
> that won't be there, adding to overhead. Complexity and unexpected new
> magic are other reasons. It needs more thought and more opinions from
> people who know the resolver code.
Well, we need to also reach a decision at some point, one way or another. This thread is open since months, and making the bad decision is much better than making no decision.
regards,
Nikos