[tptacek]

It doesn't solve the "manipulate" problem we're talking about here, either: nothing about DNSSEC prevents a DNS server (or middlebox) from denying results to a disfavored domain; it only (situationally) prevents them from redirecting it somewhere else. (And, of course, it only works if you're running your own recursive server; it does nothing whatsoever in the 8.8.8.8-type use case).

[progval]

> nothing about DNSSEC prevents a DNS server (or middlebox) from denying results to a disfavored domain

But at least it is detectable thanks to NSEC and NSEC3 records.

[cyounkins]

Kind of. An intermediary can drop packets and the client will never get the response.

[tptacek]

It's detectable when the site that the DNS provider is censoring falls off the Internet!

[Arnavion]

Yes, that's true.