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> A validating stub resolver is effectively a recursive resolver proxying through another recursor. At the point where you're going to do that, you might as wel
by xz53 3y ago
> A validating stub resolver is effectively a recursive resolver proxying through another recursor. At the point where you're going to do that, you might as well just run a recursive server.
Every iPhone on the planet might as well be a recursive resolver? Yeah, nah.
- tptacek 3y agoYeah, yah. Watch the WWDC video on how the validating stub resolver in iOS works. They even call it a recursive resolver.
- xz53 3y agoRFC 8499: Stub resolver: A resolver that cannot perform all resolution itself. Stub resolvers generally depend on a recursive resolver to undertake the actual resolution function.
- tptacek 3y agoThey literally have an animation of the client resolver making repeated requests up the tree. While saying they're making multiple requests. And calling it recursive.