correct names

Barry Margolin barmar at genuity.net
Mon Feb 11 18:10:14 UTC 2002


In article <a41vob$e67 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, cyber_cynic <ais at email.com> wrote:
>When doing a dig query on a nameserver, what are the technically correct
>names for records returned by bind in :
>a) the answer section
>b) the additional section
>
>Please note I would like to know the precise names as it used in a a
>technical context.

I don't think there are official names for them.  They're often referred to
as "the answers" and "additional records".  You could try reading RFC 1034
to see if it refers to them by any other terms, but I don't think it does.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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