[xz53]

> 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.

[tptacek]

Yeah, yah. Watch the WWDC video on how the validating stub resolver in iOS works. They even call it a recursive resolver.

[xz53]

RFC 8499:

   Stub resolver:  A resolver that cannot perform all resolution itself.
      Stub resolvers generally depend on a recursive resolver to
      undertake the actual resolution function.