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+5409.	[performance]	When looking up NSEC3 data in a zone database, skip
+			the check for empty non-terminal nodes; the NSEC3
+			tree doesn't have any. [GL #1834]
+
 5408.	[protocol]	Print Extended DNS Errors if present in OPT record.
 			[GL #1835]