Meaning of FORMERR resolving 'ezyfinancial.com/NS/IN

[Barry Margolin]

In article <dbhjd6$15ce$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Chris <cpollock at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> On Monday 18 July 2005 07:38 pm, you wrote:
> > In article <dbhh7n$fa0$1 at sf1.isc.org>, Chris <cpollock at earthlink.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > I've found the meaning in FORMERR in the RFC however, I've failed to find
> > > the meanings of /NS /IN /TXT.
> >
> > Didn't you see my response yesterday?
> >
> > NS and TXT are record types.  E.g. NS = NameServer, A = Address, MX =
> > Mail eXchanger, TXT = TeXT.
> >
> > IN is the class, and all standard records on the Internet are in this
> > class.
> 
> Thanks Barry, I went back and found it.  Must have missed it somehow.  What I
> guess I'm really looking for is something, for instance an RFC, FAQ, TwiKi or
> something that will explain to me what all these mean and how they fit into
> the scheme of things with the use of named.  I feel that way I won't be
> asking these newbie type questions and taking up so much of everyones
> bandwidth.

The DNS specifications are RFC 1034 and 1035.  The meanings of these are 
all in there.

But if you're doing much with DNS you should have the book "DNS & BND", 
which also explains all the record types.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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