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RE: Zonecuts specified in SPF draft

2005-01-14 13:24:15
Alex van den Bogaerdt [alex(_at_)ergens(_dot_)op(_dot_)het(_dot_)net] wrote:
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 09:03:33PM +0100, Julian Mehnle wrote:
Alex van den Bogaerdt [alex(_at_)ergens(_dot_)op(_dot_)het(_dot_)net] wrote:
They don't really return it, they hint where the information can
be found.  "The number of answers is zero and this is an
authoritative answer, given by $authority".  Or do you actually get
an answer, not a hint, when you query for the SOA record somewhere
down the zone?

Yes, you do:

No you don't.  This is a hint:

Define "hint".  The requested SOA information _is_ returned in the
response packet.  What else would be important?

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59984
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

There are zero SOA records               ^^^

...in the answer section.  But there is one in the authority section.
Does that make a relevant difference?


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