Bind response

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 01.06.10 14:16, rams wrote:
> I queried for cname domain against bind 9.6.X and got the following response
> C:\Documents and Settings\rameshb>dig @localhost cname.td3497.com mx
> ; <<>> DiG 9.6.1-P1 <<>> @localhost cname.td3497.com mx
> ; (1 server found)
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 681
> ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;cname.td3497.com.              IN      MX
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> cname.td3497.com.       86400   IN      CNAME   .
> ;; Query time: 15 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
> ;; WHEN: Mon May 31 14:10:32 2010
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 47
> 
> Here why authority section is not returned? Actually authority section
> should be returned with SOA right?

For CNAME answers, the authority for destination (.) is returned and
authority is returned if it's known and configured.

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