RE: DPD & DPV requirements - Recursion Issues

[Peter Sylvester <Peter.Sylvester@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Wouldn't a DPD/DPV server solely carry out the task of discovering and
> validating paths, and possibly use other protocols (e.g., LPAP, OCSP, etc.),
> which might be recursive, to assist in this process? So unless sub-DPD/DPV
> servers take part in path discovery or validation I would not describe
> DPD/DPV as recursive.
> 

'Recursive' lay not be the right word, but you can have relaying
or delegation or proxying. 

In the above, replace 'OCSP' by DPV': - instaed of asking
for the revocation status, you ask for the validity status.
This isn't that different, and even in OCSP you already have
relaying.