DNSSEC NS record delegation

[Mark Andrews]

In message <15AEACF110417C4B9D6186FE81FBF2D9091E03E2 at HQ-MBX-03.ba.ad.ssa.gov>, 
"Khuu, Linh MicroTech" writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have question about the DNSSEC NS record.
> 
> We have the parent zone, for example, example.net being signed with DNSSEC.
>  We have a child zone test.example.net delegating to glbl.example.net as NS
>  record. glbl.example.net is not a DNSSEC. Will nslookup for anything in te
> st.example.net fail?

	No.  The servers for a signed zone need to be DNSSEC aware.  The
	servers for a unsigned zone do not need to be DNSSEC aware.  As
	test.example.net is unsigned the servers for it do not need to be
	DNSSEC aware.

	Mark
 
> Linh Khuu


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