> A validating stub resolver is effectively a recursive resolver proxying through another recursor. At the point where you're going to do that, you might as well just run a recursive server.
Every iPhone on the planet might as well be a recursive resolver? Yeah, nah.
Stub resolver: A resolver that cannot perform all resolution itself.
Stub resolvers generally depend on a recursive resolver to
undertake the actual resolution function.
They literally have an animation of the client resolver making repeated requests up the tree. While saying they're making multiple requests. And calling it recursive.
Every iPhone on the planet might as well be a recursive resolver? Yeah, nah.