SOA return codes

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> In article <375FAD27.4FDC95A0 at interland.net>,
> Jon Van Avery  <jvanavery at interland.net> wrote:
> >Hi;
> >
> >Does anyone know where I can find an index of SOA return codes?
> >
> >example:    SOA query got rcode 0, aa 0, ancount 0, aucount 12
> >
> >I'm looking for a reference that will tell me what all the different
> >numbers mean for each parameter.
> 
> These are fields in the DNS response header, documented in RFC 1035,
> section 4.1.1.
> 
	It also indicates that the server you were trying to do the
	zone transfer off is not configured for the zone in question.

	This is a summary of the following query:

		dig +norec zone soa @server

	Mark
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