qname minimization: me too :(

[tale]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 10:42 AM Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:
> >     Jun 25 16:18:31 <local0.info> conr named[4725]: lame-servers:
> >        info: success resolving 'bar.foo.isc.org/A' after disabling
> >        qname minimization due to 'ncache nxdomain'
>
> I do not see how this is possible ("success resolving") since the name
> does not exist and all ISC name servers reply it does not exist.
>
> And all the resolvers I tried (through RIPE Atlas) say the same. No
> "success resolving".

Admittedly "success" can be ambiguous, and in this case it means
successfully got an answer for the question that was originally being
pursued.  In this context, a negative answer is still a successful
resolution, unlike timeout or servfail from auths or various other
failures.

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tale