I wrote:
> The problem is that while a TXT record can contain multiple "strings"
> (the parts you have to enclose in double quotes in TXT records in both
> BIND and PowerDNS), each string can only be 256 bytes long at maximum
> by design -- one length octet plus 255 bytes of text (RFC 1035). If
>
Augie Schwer wrote:
> PowerDNS returns a malformed response when queried for a TXT record
> larger than 257 characters.
>
> [...]
>
> PowerDNS returns NOERROR and returns as much data as it can which ends
> up creating the corrupt packet.
>
> Admittedly one shouldn't put bad data in (the above re
PowerDNS returns a malformed response when queried for a TXT record
larger than 257 characters.
dig +short txt 258txt.schwer.us @a.auth-ns.sonic.net
;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet.
PowerDNS Authoritative version 2.9.22
Record in the DB looks like this :
258txt.schwe
