And you can have partial answer and with no referral data responses which are confusable with NOERROR NODATA. We really should do EDNS(1) and add NXRRSET to the list of rcodes for QUERY.
> On 29 Nov 2017, at 12:57 pm, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: > > 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 -- 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