dns id in requests

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ci0c47$2hoc$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard at Tesco.NET> wrote:

> RD> Is the server conforming/not_conforming to the rfc?
> RD> I searched dns rfcs back to 1034/1035 but [...]
> 
> JdeBP> ... not forward to RFC 2181.
> 
> BM> I searched for all uses of "identifier" and "ID" in
> BM> that RFC, and didn't see anything relevant.
> 
> Does your search tool have an --ignore-section-4 option or something?  (-:

Section 4 is about the source address and port number used in replies.  
It mentions the identifier field, but doesn't say anything that directly 
addresses the OP's question.

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