Response code 15 from BIND8?

Pete Ehlke pde at rfc822.net
Thu Nov 10 23:48:53 UTC 2005


On Thu Nov 10, 2005 at 18:13:32 -0500, Dave Clark wrote:
>Yes, sorry about that.  The proper dig command is below:
>
>dig +norec @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
>
; <<>> DiG 9.3.1 <<>> +norec @ns0.panafonet.gr otenet.gr
; ( 1 server found)
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: RESERVED15, id: 24823
;; flags: qr ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

Very odd. Whatever they're running over there, it's not terribly well
written around edge cases that the author did not expect. Note that it
sets the qr flag on a response to a non-recursive query. 

Turns out writing a name server is harder than it looks :)

-Pete



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