diff --git a/src/dnssec.c b/src/dnssec.c
index 93217b0..52d1454 100644
--- a/src/dnssec.c
+++ b/src/dnssec.c
@@ -1223,8 +1223,11 @@
     val = dnssec_validate_reply(now, header, plen, name, keyname, NULL, &neganswer, &nons);
   /* Note dnssec_validate_reply() will have cached positive answers */
   
-  if (val == STAT_NO_SIG || val == STAT_INSECURE)
+  if (val == STAT_INSECURE)
     val = STAT_BOGUS;
+
+  if (val == STAT_NO_SIG)
+    return val;
   
   p = (unsigned char *)(header+1);
   extract_name(header, plen, &p, name, 1, 4);
@@ -1875,11 +1878,14 @@
    
   if (neganswer && !have_answer)
     *neganswer = 1;
-
+  
   /* No data, therefore no sigs */
   if (ntohs(header->ancount) + ntohs(header->nscount) == 0)
-    return STAT_NO_SIG;
-  
+    {
+      *keyname = 0;
+      return STAT_NO_SIG;
+    }
+
   for (p1 = ans_start, i = 0; i < ntohs(header->ancount) + ntohs(header->nscount); i++)
     {
       if (!extract_name(header, plen, &p1, name, 1, 10))
@@ -1948,6 +1954,19 @@
 		{
 		  if (class)
 		    *class = class1; /* Class for DS or DNSKEY */
+
+		  if (rc == STAT_NO_SIG)
+		    {
+		      /* If we dropped off the end of a CNAME chain, return
+			 STAT_NO_SIG and the last name is keyname. This is used for proving non-existence
+			 if DS records in CNAME chains. */
+		      if (cname_count == CNAME_CHAIN || i < ntohs(header->ancount)) 
+			/* No CNAME chain, or no sig in answer section, return empty name. */
+			*keyname = 0;
+		      else if (!extract_name(header, plen, &qname, keyname, 1, 0))
+			return STAT_BOGUS;
+		    }
+ 
 		  return rc;
 		}
 	      
@@ -2060,8 +2079,17 @@
   /* NXDOMAIN or NODATA reply, prove that (name, class1, type1) can't exist */
   /* First marshall the NSEC records, if we've not done it previously */
   if (!nsec_type && !(nsec_type = find_nsec_records(header, plen, &nsecs, &nsec_count, qclass)))
-    return STAT_NO_SIG; /* No NSECs, this is probably a dangling CNAME pointing into
-			   an unsigned zone. Return STAT_NO_SIG to cause this to be proved. */
+    {
+      /* No NSEC records. If we dropped off the end of a CNAME chain, return
+	 STAT_NO_SIG and the last name is keyname. This is used for proving non-existence
+	 if DS records in CNAME chains. */
+      if (cname_count == CNAME_CHAIN) /* No CNAME chain, return empty name. */
+	*keyname = 0;
+      else if (!extract_name(header, plen, &qname, keyname, 1, 0))
+	return STAT_BOGUS;
+      return STAT_NO_SIG; /* No NSECs, this is probably a dangling CNAME pointing into
+			     an unsigned zone. Return STAT_NO_SIG to cause this to be proved. */
+    }
    
   /* Get name of missing answer */
   if (!extract_name(header, plen, &qname, name, 1, 0))
diff --git a/src/forward.c b/src/forward.c
index 8c3e71c..b40dda3 100644
--- a/src/forward.c
+++ b/src/forward.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@
 		   Avoid caching a reply with sigs if there's a vaildated break in the 
 		   DS chain, so we don't return replies from cache missing sigs. */
 		status = STAT_INSECURE_DS;
-	      else if (status == STAT_NO_NS)
+	      else if (status == STAT_NO_NS || status == STAT_NO_SIG)
 		status = STAT_BOGUS;
 	    }
 	  else if (forward->flags & FREC_CHECK_NOSIGN)
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
 			   Avoid caching a reply with sigs if there's a vaildated break in the 
 			   DS chain, so we don't return replies from cache missing sigs. */
 			status = STAT_INSECURE_DS;
-		      else if (status == STAT_NO_NS)
+		      else if (status == STAT_NO_NS || status == STAT_NO_SIG)
 			status = STAT_BOGUS; 
 		    }
 		  else if (forward->flags & FREC_CHECK_NOSIGN)
@@ -1456,6 +1456,21 @@
       if (status == STAT_BOGUS)
 	return STAT_BOGUS;
 
+      if (status == STAT_NO_SIG && *keyname != 0)
+	{
+	  /* There is a validated CNAME chain that doesn't end in a DS record. Start 
+	     the search again in that domain. */
+	  blockdata_free(forward->orig_domain);
+	  forward->name_start = strlen(keyname);
+	  forward->name_len = forward->name_start + 1;
+	  if (!(forward->orig_domain = blockdata_alloc(keyname, forward->name_len)))
+	    return STAT_BOGUS;
+	  
+	  strcpy(name, keyname);
+	  status = 0; /* force to cache when we iterate. */
+	  continue;
+	}
+      
       /* There's a proven DS record, or we're within a zone, where there doesn't need
 	 to be a DS record. Add a name and try again. 
 	 If we've already tried the whole name, then fail */
@@ -1572,6 +1587,21 @@
 	      return STAT_INSECURE;
 	    }
 	  
+	  if (status == STAT_NO_SIG && *keyname != 0)
+	    {
+	      /* There is a validated CNAME chain that doesn't end in a DS record. Start 
+		 the search again in that domain. */
+	      blockdata_free(block);
+	      name_len = strlen(keyname) + 1;
+	      name_start = name + name_len - 1;
+	      
+	      if (!(block = blockdata_alloc(keyname, name_len)))
+		return STAT_BOGUS;
+	      
+	      strcpy(name, keyname);
+	      continue;
+	    }
+	  
 	  if (status == STAT_BOGUS)
 	    {
 	      free(packet);
@@ -1627,7 +1657,7 @@
 	{
 	  if (new_status == STAT_NO_DS)
 	    new_status = STAT_INSECURE_DS;
-	  else if (new_status == STAT_NO_NS)
+	  else if (new_status == STAT_NO_NS || new_status == STAT_NO_SIG)
 	    new_status = STAT_BOGUS;
 	}
     }
@@ -1692,7 +1722,7 @@
 		    {
 		      if (new_status == STAT_NO_DS)
 			new_status = STAT_INSECURE_DS;
-		      else if (new_status == STAT_NO_NS)
+		      else if (new_status == STAT_NO_NS || new_status == STAT_NO_SIG)
 			new_status = STAT_BOGUS; /* Validated no DS */
 		    }
 		}