On 07/06/16 22:29, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
> address list and the reply TTL (-1 if unavailable).
>
> "otherwise" means that the IP address is not listed, or that no
> reply was received.
>
> I have changed the text to:
>
> Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
> address list and the reply TTL. The reply TTL is -1 if no
> reply is received, or if the reply contains no TTL information).
That still doesn't address what I'm concerned about. How about this:
Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
address list and the negative cache TTL from the SOA record if
one is supplied or -1 if no reply is received, or if the reply
contains no SOA record).
Peter
