[dns-operations] DNS request for ./NS with two extra bytes at the end

[Mark Andrews]

But you can return FORMERR.   That said Microsoft used two bytes at the end of an AXFR request to signal multi record messages where accepted.  These days it should be a EDNS option.  

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Mark Andrews

> On 27 May 2022, at 11:59, Frank Habicht <geier at geier.ne.tz> wrote:
> 
> On 26/05/2022 22:37, John Levine wrote:
>> It appears that Brown, William <wbrown at e1b.org> said:
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>>> It made sense 40 years ago when it was written.  In today’s security environment,  it does not.
>> It made sense and still makes sense when you know what Postel meant.
>> Be liberal in what you accept when the specification is ambiguous, not
>> accept any random garbage and try to guess what it means.
> 
> I also want to interpret it as "be resilient to anything thrown at you".
> 
> Frank
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