Same yet different?

[Mark_Andrews at iengines.com]

	They are a summary of the following query:

		dig +norec soa zone @server

	rcode 3 is NXDOMAIN.

	Mark
> 
> We are using stub entries to share data between master nameservers on a
> private network.  I have gotten these error messages in my syslog:
> 
> Oct 28 10:06:44 ns1 named-xfer[23180]: [198.235.216.137] not authoritative
> for anx.abc-tech.com, SOA query got rcode 0, aa 0, ancount 0, aucount 12
> 
> Oct 28 10:06:44 ns1 named-xfer[23181]: [199.191.128.105] no SOA found for
> anx.cat.com, SOA query got rcode 3, aa 1, ancount 0, aucount 1
> 
> I understand the first one means that the server being contacted doesn't
> know anything about the zone in question, but I've never seen the second
> one.  Could someone explain the differences between these two messages?
> 
> --
> Dave
> 
> 
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