In message <[email protected]>, "John R Levine" wri
tes:
> >> So a cache stub that provides unsigned answers to .local and .onion
> >> queries is just fine.  If the client treats that as SERVFAIL or
> >> whatever it does with unverified answers, that's fine too.
> >
> > SERVFAIL is a temporary error.
> > NXDOMAIN is a permanent error which is cachable.
> >
> > SERVFAIL is not "fine".
> 
> Hmmn.  Keeping in mind that these responses are sent by the cache, could 
> you explain what "cacheable" means in this context?

Applications can, and some do, cache responses.
 
> Regards,
> John Levine, [email protected], Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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