Re: Naked domain resolution with DNSSEC

Dave Lawrence <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.dnsext
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Sourav Sain writes:
> Presented below is a name resolution for "facebook.com, type=A". In
> the first name resolution against "218.248.240.179" we see that
> "69.171.239.12#53(a.ns.facebook.com)" ends up returning an A record
> for QName=facebook.com. Since COM is signed A record for facebook.com
> needs to have an RRSIG(A) in the response, which, obviously is missing
> as a.ns.facebook.com cannot return the signature for A using keys
> owned by COM. Our concern is, a security aware validating server,
> having root or COM's Trust Anchor, will expect an RRSIG in the
> response for facebook.com, type=A, not having which, will conclude the
> response as BOGUS. 

To expand a little on the answer that Jim Reid gave, it is important
to remember the principle that for records at a zone cut, almost all
records are authoritatively owned by the delegated zone, not the
delegator.  The only exception to this is the DS record.  Therefore
this sentence from above, and the crux of your problem, is not
correct:

> Since COM is signed A record for facebook.com needs to have an
> RRSIG(A) in the response

A properly written, standards-compliant validating resolver will
recognize that when it originally asked the GTLD servers for
facebook.com it got a provably insecure delegation to the facebook.com
nameservers.  Therefore it will know that all records within the zone,
including those at the apex, will not come with signatures.

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