Re: ANY queries

[Alessandro Vesely <vesely@xxxxxxx>]

Of course, a DNSWL statement about ANY queries would be greatly appreciated.

On Mon 14/Jan/2019 12:05:46 +0100 Alessandro Vesely wrote:

> Matthias,
> 
> a few days ago rfc8482[*] was published.  It allows more leeway in DNS
> responses to ANY queries.  One of the allowed behaviors is "Answer with Best
> Guess as to Intention".
> 
> I see list.dnswl.org returns A and TXT.  I'd guess getting those two records is
> exactly the intention of those who ask for ANY.  Would you agree?
> 
> Would you publish some statistics on what QTYPEs do list.dnswl.org servers
> receive, please?  I mean some rough numbers from a typical day log, such as:
> 
>     Looking at a recent log file for one of my dnsbls, I see 113,617 A
>     queries, 7701 (useless) AAAA queries, 2311 TXT queries, and only 34
>     ANY.[†]
> 
> (Or proportions thereof).
> 
> I think those numbers may shred some light on average intentions of dnswl clients.
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Ale
>