You can answer only responses, you can have referral only responses, you can partial answer + referral responses.
> On 29 Nov 2017, at 12:53 pm, Andrew Sullivan <a...@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:46:07PM +1100, Mark Andrews wrote: >> GO READ STD13! > > I thought I had, and I thought indeed that I was quoting it to you (or > at least making references). > > I _suspect_ that you're referring to 4.1.1 in 1035 which describes AA. > But that says that it "that the responding name server is an authority > for the domain name in question section." This does not seem to me to > line up clearly with the cases called a "referral" in 1034. > > I'm not trying to be religious about this or claim that I have the > right answer. I'm just trying to write down the historical lore, so > that future people don't have to be this bored again. > > Thanks, > > A > > > -- > Andrew Sullivan > a...@anvilwalrusden.com > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop