6.2.1. QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA, QTYPE=A
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6.2.1. QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA, QTYPE=A
6.2.1. QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA, QTYPE=A
The query would look like:
+---------------------------------------------------+
Header | OPCODE=SQUERY |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Question | QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA., QCLASS=IN, QTYPE=A |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
The response from C.ISI.EDU would be:
+---------------------------------------------------+
Header | OPCODE=SQUERY, RESPONSE, AA |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Question | QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA., QCLASS=IN, QTYPE=A |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Answer | SRI-NIC.ARPA. 86400 IN A 26.0.0.73 |
| 86400 IN A 10.0.0.51 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
The header of the response looks like the header of the query, except
that the RESPONSE bit is set, indicating that this message is a
response, not a query, and the Authoritative Answer (AA) bit is set
indicating that the address RRs in the answer section are from
authoritative data. The question section of the response matches the
question section of the query.
If the same query was sent to some other server which was not
authoritative for SRI-NIC.ARPA, the response might be:
+---------------------------------------------------+
Header | OPCODE=SQUERY,RESPONSE |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Question | QNAME=SRI-NIC.ARPA., QCLASS=IN, QTYPE=A |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Answer | SRI-NIC.ARPA. 1777 IN A 10.0.0.51 |
| 1777 IN A 26.0.0.73 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
This response is different from the previous one in two ways: the header
does not have AA set, and the TTLs are different. The inference is that
the data did not come from a zone, but from a cache. The difference
between the authoritative TTL and the TTL here is due to aging of the
data in a cache. The difference in ordering of the RRs in the answer
section is not significant.
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