+1 to Jason's comment - suggesting all DNS modification is bad indicates a 
misunderstanding of some real-world use cases.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: Livingood, Jason <[email protected]>
Sent: 27 November 2019 16:06
To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [dns-privacy] Trying to understand DNS resolver 'discovery'

On 11/27/19, 9:29 AM, "dns-privacy on behalf of Stephane Bortzmeyer" 
<[email protected] on behalf of 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%20on%20behalf%20of%[email protected]>>
 wrote:

>    For instance, if your access provider has a lying resolver

I just wanted to take a moment to note that choosing to use the term 'lying' 
when describing resolver behavior is unnecessarily negative and seems designed 
to be intentionally divisive. This does not IMO contribute to a productive 
discussion and exchange of views at the IETF.

As has been long demonstrated here and in DNSOP, not all DNS modification can 
be considered 'lying' - given that lying obviously implies it is a negative 
thing that is counter to user preferences. For example, an opt-in parental 
control service that modifies responses is not a negative use case from the 
perspective of that user/parent. Similarly, a DNS modification in an enterprise 
that blocks malware C2 FQDNs is also from the enterprise's perspective a good 
thing.

It seems a better approach is to simply use a neutral term and call this DNS 
modification. Whether that is good or bad will depend on the particular use 
case or situation or other factors.

Thanks
Jason



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