Signed root - missing RRSIG for delegation?

Alan Clegg aclegg at isc.org
Fri Jul 16 10:36:32 UTC 2010


On 7/16/2010 6:25 AM, Niobos wrote:

> It's probably just my lack of knowledge, but there seems to be a missing
> RRSIG in the root zone.
> 
> I try to securely resolve example.net. I obviously get a delegation
> returned (dig output below), but I can't seem to validate that
> delegation. The delegation itself (and a direct request for net./NS)
> only yield an RRSIG over the NSEC RRset, not over the NS RRset and not
> over the glue A-records (which are in bailiwick, and I have "no other
> way" to resolve them)
> 
> Can anyone clarify?

.net isn't signed, and you don't sign "out-of-zone" data (glue and
delegation NS records).

What do you mean 'I have "no other way" to resolve them' -- yes, they
are signed, but they seem to resolve just fine.

AlanC

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