Are the TYPE65535 RRs necessary?

[Mark Andrews]

In message <Prayer.1.3.1.0905191531050.23849 at hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Chris Tho
mpson writes:
> > So what are the TYPE65535 records actually for?
> 
> Thanks to Evan Hunt and Mark Andrews for their replies.
> 
> As I now understand it, then, TYPE65535 (or TYPE65534 - I would have seen
> those as well if they had been created) RRs are used for initial signing
> with a key, or removing signatures for a deleted key, but are not required
> or used when resigning.

	re-signing (resigning has a different meaning) uses the
	expiration field in the RRSIGs to workout when a particular
	RRset need to be re-signed.
 
	Mark
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