'dig -t any ...' question

[Barry Margolin]

In article <caobi7$1lkv$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
 Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:

> Nowhere is there a specific example in RFC 1034 of a response to a 
> *recursive* QTYPE=* query, but one would assume, based on generic 
> descriptions of recursive resolvers and how they are supposed to 
> operate, that a recursive resolver would make its best efforts to get a 
> complete answer, which clearly BIND and other implementations do not.

The server algorithm says that when a query has RD set, the server 
should consult its resolver.  If you read the section on the resolver 
algorithm, it says that if the records are already in the cache it 
doesn't need to query the authoritative server.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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