[Pdns-users] Recursor 5.4.0: RPZ matches on '.' root query, breaks DNSSEC validation (Indeterminate instead of Bogus)

[Chris Brough]

Also, thanks for raising the PR to apply the bugfix :-) I probably won't need my workaround in the future when the next pdns-recursor release hits :-) much appreciated!

-Chris

> On 21/04/2026 12:42 BST Otto Moerbeek via Pdns-users <pdns-users at mailman.powerdns.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 12:55:43PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek via Pdns-users wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 11:51:50AM +0100, Brian Candler wrote:
> > 
> > > On 20/04/2026 10:58, Otto Moerbeek via Pdns-users wrote:
> > > > which could lead to unexpected matches as well.  I have to think if it
> > > > is possible to skip those as well, though this is dangerous territory,
> > > > as afaik we have no defined way to distinguish actual custom records
> > > > from these kind of "meta" records.
> > > 
> > > An option to skip everything at the RPZ apex?
> > > 
> > 
> > The TXT records are not at the apex, but stil not intended to be party
> > of the RPZ policy. The RPZ "standard" does no have a provision for
> > these kind of records. Anything we invent is ad-hoc.
> > 
> > 	-Otto
> 
> FYI: PR https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns/pull/17161 addresses the
> issue for ZONEMD records.
> 
> 	-Otto
> 
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