TXT RR .. how large?

Mark Andrews Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Aug 11 21:52:47 UTC 2004


> What is the size limit of the data in a TXT record?
> 
> or.. what is bind9's limit?

	Whatever will fit in a 64k packet after all the overhead
	is removed.  Each element of the TXT record needs to be
	<= 255 octets.
 
> -- 
> regards, Peter
> 
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