[Pdns-users] NS answer inconsistency between implementations for delegated zone

[Peter van Dijk]

Hello Rémi,


On Mar 16, 2012, at 14:31 , Remi Gacogne wrote:

> I noticed a difference in the behavior of bind, powerdns (using bind or MySQL backend) and nsd regarding the answer to an NS query
> for a delegated zone. Powerdns is responding to the query by putting corresponding NS RRs into the ANSWER section,
> whereas bind and nsd are putting them into the AUTHORITY section.
> 
> I am not sure what the correct answer is, as I haven't found a clear specification on this case yet.

I believe both responses are valid; but I'm not seeing the behaviour you describe. When I test with PowerDNS 3.0 the NS-records always end up in AUTHORITY - what version are you running?

Cheers, Peter