Sorry, s/some 3-4 conditions/some 3-4 dozen conditions/ Martin Rex wrote: > > Martin Rex wrote: > > > > So if the behaviour (how to exactly respond to queries for unknown > > QTYPEs) is neither explicitly specified, nor likely have been part of > > the usual/common interop tests performed by the vendor, > > what you're left with might be "ureflected&untested guessing" > > on part of the implementors to fill those gaps. > > What you typically have is a certain amount of code processing a query, > and some 3-4 conditions under which this code fails, and where the > implementor will have to decide which RCODE to return. The choices > available in rfc1035 are: > > RCODE Response code - this 4 bit field is set as part of > responses. The values have the following > interpretation: > > 0 No error condition > > 1 Format error - The name server was > unable to interpret the query. > > 2 Server failure - The name server was > unable to process this query due to a > problem with the name server. > > 3 Name Error - Meaningful only for > responses from an authoritative name > server, this code signifies that the > domain name referenced in the query does > not exist. > > 4 Not Implemented - The name server does > not support the requested kind of query. > > 5 Refused - The name server refuses to > perform the specified operation for > policy reasons. For example, a name > server may not wish to provide the > information to the particular requester, > or a name server may not wish to perform > a particular operation (e.g., zone > transfer) for particular data. > > 6-15 Reserved for future use. > > > The choice between RCODEs 1, 2 and 4 for failed AAAA queries > might be fairly random, the description for 3 is slightly confusing > in whether a DNS server might use this RCODE "creatively" by > returning it without AA. > > For an implementor that is being told "do not use use RCODE 4 for > unknown QTYPES", not sending any response at all to an unsupported > AAAA query seems like a reasonable choice. > > > -Martin > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf