resolv.conf format for DNSSEC [was: DNSSEC support in stub-resolver]

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 04:48:15PM +0200, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:
> Yes, but these options if overwritten do not cause resolving to fail. If
> the DNSSEC settings are lost it means that every application that
> depends on that will fail. That's a significant difference. 

Isn't that the feature?

> It may have been that resolv.conf's semantics are known to too many
> people to change now.

Agreed, but that does not preclude addition of an option in a manner
that does not break backward compatibility.  In fact, adding another
configuration file just for DNSSEC is just messy.

Siddhesh
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