[dns-operations] CloudFlare policy on ANY records changing

Chris Adams cma at cmadams.net
Tue Mar 10 16:49:33 UTC 2015


Once upon a time, Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman at vpnc.org> said:
> If a resolver is sending an ANY before it sends its actual request, that could be a problem. However, they shouldn't be doing that.

A problem with ever using ANY to get "more information" from a cache is
the client's/applications's assumption that all requests will go to the
same server.  Even if a client sends requests to the same IP, anycast
can mean they go to a different server.

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Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>



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