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.. versionadded:: 4.3.0
-- Boolean
-- Default: true
+- One of ``no``, ``dnssec``, ``yes``, String
+- Default: ``dnssec``
-Enables :rfc:`8020` handling of cached NXDOMAIN responses.
+The type of :rfc:`8020` handling of cached NXDOMAIN responses.
This RFC specifies that NXDOMAIN means that the DNS tree under the denied name MUST be empty.
When an NXDOMAIN exists in the cache for a shorter name than the qname, no lookup is done and an NXDOMAIN is sent to the client.
-For instance, when ``foo.example.net`` is negatively cached, any query matching ``*.foo.example.net`` will be answered with NXDOMAIN directly without consulting authoritative servers.
+For instance, when ``foo.example.net`` is negatively cached, any query
+matching ``*.foo.example.net`` will be answered with NXDOMAIN directly
+without consulting authoritative servers.
+
+no
+~~
+No :rfc:`8020` processing is done.
+
+dnssec
+~~~~~~
+:rfc:`8020` processing is only done for NXDOMAIN records that are
+DNSSEC validated.
+
+yes
+~~~
+:rfc:`8020` procssing is done for any non-Bogus NXDOMAIN record
+available in the cache.
.. _setting-nsec3-max-iterations: