Search Again: Re: No authority records From: Len Conrad Date: Thursday, October 10, 2002 Time: 6:02:29 pm >Here is a summarized version: QuickDNS Server for classic Mac OS doesn't >implement an optional part of the DNS specification. BIND does, but does >so with an error (I think). The option in question is to return the SOA >record of the zone when asked for a non-existent domain name. This option >is part of the negative caching mechanism. The SOA is returned for a negative answer, because since bind 8.2 or so, the SOA's 7th field was re-defined as the zone's "negative TTL" (it's no longer the "default TTL" which must now in BIND be "$TTL value" at top of the zone file). negative TTL says: "cache for TTL time in your DNS that this record does not exist". Len

Messages In This Thread: No authority records by qdns on Oct 9, 2002 at 1:32:34 am Re: No authority records by Len Conrad on Oct 9, 2002 at 3:29:17 am Re: No authority records by Len Conrad on Oct 9, 2002 at 6:14:49 am Re: No authority records by Men & Mice Support on Oct 9, 2002 at 4:54:24 pm Re: No authority records by qdns on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:01:08 pm Re: No authority records by Len Conrad on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:06:13 pm Re: No authority records by qdns on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:26:36 pm Re: No authority records by Global Homes Webmaster on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:36:29 pm Re: No authority records by Oliver Brodwolf on Oct 10, 2002 at 2:47:13 pm Re: No authority records by Men & Mice Support on Oct 10, 2002 at 5:39:25 pm Re: No authority records by Len Conrad on Oct 10, 2002 at 6:02:29 pm Re: No authority records by Mauro Ferrari on Oct 10, 2002 at 10:31:57 pm