Any one knows what id's full meaning?

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Tue Nov 11 20:31:05 UTC 2003


Larry Liu <Larry.Liu at lagrace.org> wrote:
> Below is a nslookup result with "set debug".  Does anyone have a full=20
> understanding  for id=3D15 in line 3 ?  Is the the 15th query from a=20
> particular client before the ttl, expiration day, or otherwise?  Thanks.

It's "query-id", a 16-bit randomly choosen integer that is used for two t=
hings :

1/ match answers with the questions=20
2/ make it more difficult to inject false answers



> ------------
> Got answer:
>     HEADER:
>         opcode =3D QUERY, id =3D 15, rcode =3D NOERROR
>         header flags:  response, want recursion, recursion avail.
>         questions =3D 1,  answers =3D 0,  authority records =3D 1,  add=
itional =3D 0

>     QUESTIONS:
>         cnf.com, type =3D A, class =3D IN
>     AUTHORITY RECORDS:
>     ->  cnf.com
>         ttl =3D 7200 (2 hours)
>         primary name server =3D dmrqs004.cnf.com
>         responsible mail addr =3D dns_id.dmrqs004.cnf.com
>         serial  =3D 2003110400
>         refresh =3D 3600 (1 hour)
>         retry   =3D 1800 (30 mins)
>         expire  =3D 604800 (7 days)
>         default TTL =3D 7200 (2 hours)

> ------------
> Name:    cnf.com



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