feature request: modify getrrsetbyname() to use libunbound

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Sat May 19 03:09:38 EST 2012


Luca Filipozzi wrote:
> > But before we invest more time in this effort, it would be helpful to
> > hear upstream's opinion regarding our request for anchored DNSSEC
> > validation to be built into openssh.
> > 
> > We don't want to trust on an upstream resolver's AD bit and we don't
> > want to require that users install a local resolver.  Do they concur?
> 
> Alternately, would it be helpful to take Robert's suggestion of a
> StrictDnssecChecking configuration directive and apply it to the ldns
> implementation in 6.0p1?  This would avoid introducing new dependencies
> (unbound, dnssec-tools) while achieving the suggested functionality.

I think this sounds like a good idea. I guess the patch will also be
quite small? Remember to also look at what is going on upstream, ie.
in OpenSSH within OpenBSD.


//Peter


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