[Pdns-users] authoritative answers or not?

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

Here's another difference I just found:

Bind:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> -p 53 example.org. soa
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29529
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2

Pdns:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.5 <<>> -p 153 example.org. soa
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3449
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0


The SOA record is part of the zone.  As such, the answer should
be an authoritative answer.

By the way: I believe this to be true for NS records as well, but
both pdns and bind agree on this and give a non authoritative answer.
I would appreciate any insight...