cache_dump.db format and meaning

[Evan Hunt]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 03:47:25PM +0700, Mr.Jittinan Suwanrueangsri wrote:
>     I have dumped cached records from BIND 
> 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.6 by using  "rndc dumpdb -cache".
> I don't understand the meaning of "; pending-answer" and "; 
> pending-additional" in cache_dump.db.What do these mean?

It means "pending validation".  These records have not been subjected to
DNSSEC validation and are therefore considered less trustworthy than if
they had been.  If a validated version of the same information comes along
in the future, then this existing cache data will be discarded in favor of
it.

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Evan Hunt -- each at isc.org
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.