[ietf-dkim] New issue: Upward query vs. wildcard publication

[Eliot Lear]

The resolver would have to construct the query non-recursively.  I agree 
that this is a problem.

Dave Crocker wrote:
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> Eliot Lear wrote:
>> Publish a record at the zone level.  If no other record exists, use 
>> that.  If that record doesn't exist, stop.  This is a cheap form of 
>> wildcarding.  it requires at most two queries, which while unpleasant 
>> for some purists avoids people having to deal with wildcards, which 
>> themselves are a pain.
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> Given that zones are administrative constructs for use by operators, 
> and are not intended to be visible to client DNS activities -- and 
> well might not be visible, no matter the intent -- then how does the 
> upward tree-walk know when to stop?
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> d/
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