On Aug 26, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Matt Larson wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, David Conrad wrote:
>> On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Matt Larson wrote:
>>> Note that the root-servers.net zone as configured on
>>> root.verisignlabs.com is not signed, since the root-servers.net zone
>>> would not be signed, nor would it need to be, if the root were
>>> signed.
>> Sorry.  Perhaps I need more caffeine.  Why not?
> Validation will work without it.  A validator will either be able to
> form a chain of trust to a signed zone or it won't, and validate the
> answer to its original query or not.  A signed root-servers.net zone
> is not a zone in that chain of trust.

Ah.  I thought you were talking the more general case.  Told you I  
needed more caffeine.

Regards,
-drc

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