[dns-operations] Looping wildcard CNAMEs can be an obstacle for DANE, (googledomains.com-hosted example)

[John R Levine]

>> It's certainly broken but I don't see anything particularly intersting
>> about it.
>
> you don't understand the goal.  i figure that, if viktor is getting a
> nickel for every dns ops problem he finds, he is gonna be a very rich
> man.  :)
>
> features, complexity, mops, ...; we're making a mess.  if we could
> measure breakage, i suspect db/dt would be worrisome.

I suppose, but this also seems to me to be a matter of code discipline. 
CNAME loops can happen any time you do a DNS lookup, so you shouldn't have 
to code specially for them every time you add a new application.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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