[Pdns-users] authoritative answers or not?

[Derrik Pates]

bert hubert wrote:
> b> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29529
> p> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3449
> b> ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 2
> p> ;; flags: qr aa rd   ; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
> 
> The answer is entirely the same, except for the "ra" bit (no clue what that
> does), and some authority & additional cruft.

I believe the 'ra' bit indicated by 'dig' is 'Recursion Available';
i.e., the server saying "I will recurse for you".

-- 
Derrik Pates
demon at devrandom.net