out of data in final pass?

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	There are BIND versions that have the potential to get
	the record counts wrong if they have to truncate the
	answer section.

	If this happens the querying server will generate a message
	like that below.

	Mark
> Hi!
> 
> I just encountered an error message that I haven't seen before:
> 
>   Malformed response from [x.y.z.w].53 (out of data in final pass)
> 
> Does that mean that the DNS response packet has a header indicating
> that there should be X number of RRs in the body, but there are fewer
> than that, and that the packet therefore so to speak is too short (and
> should possibly have had the truncated bit set?)?
> 
> I think I'm talking to an alien server. It's definitely not a modern
> BIND. The resolving host is 8.2.1-REL.
> 
> 				Cheers,
> 				  /Liman
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> 
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