NOERROR when NXDOMAIN expected

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

	It only applies to respones coming from the cache.

	Mark

> 
> On 02.03.01 09:32 +0000 Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:
> 
> > Strange. Can you provide more details, eg sample dig output?
> 
> These are two snippets of named.conf:
> 
> options {
>         directory "/usr/local/DNS";
>         named-xfer "/usr/local/sbin/named-xfer";
>         dump-file "/tmp/named_dump.db";
>         // Send SOA and NS records for negative answers
>         // (instead of only the SOA record)
>         rfc2301-type1 yes;
>         check-names master warn;
>         check-names slave warn;
>         check-names response warn;
>         allow-transfer { any; };
> };
> 
> zone "example.com" in {
>         type master;
>         file "master/db.example.com";
> };
> 
> And this is dig's output:
> 
> # dig example.com. a
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> example.com. a
> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
> ;; got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; QUERY SECTION:
> ;;      example.com, type = A, class = IN
> 
> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
> example.com.  4D IN SOA  ns1.fe.internet.bosch.com. hostmaster.bosch.de. (
>                          2001022700      ; serial
>                          1D              ; refresh
>                          6H              ; retry
>                          2W              ; expiry
>                          4D )            ; minimum
> 
> 
> ;; Total query time: 2 msec
> ;; FROM: proxy.fe.internet.bosch.de to SERVER: default -- 10.4.4.13
> ;; WHEN: Fri Mar  2 12:42:21 2001
> ;; MSG SIZE  sent: 29  rcvd: 106
> 
> 
> 10.4.4.13 is ns1.fe.internet.bosch.com.
> 
> -- 
> Rainer Ginsberg
> Robert Bosch GmbH
> QI/INF4, IT Security
> Phone: +49-711-811-31263
> 
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