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Re: [dnsext] WGLC: draft-eastlake-dnsext-xnamercode-03.txt

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 26 April 2011 09:22 UTC

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George Barwood <george.barwood@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Authoritative Answer - this bit is valid in responses,
> and specifies that the responding name server is an
> authority for the domain name in question section.
> Note that the contents of the answer section may have
> multiple owner names because of aliases.  The AA bit
> corresponds to the name which matches the query name, or
> the first owner name in the answer section."
>
> where the meaning of the last sentence is not entirely clear.

I guess the "or" means "which is expected to be"

Tony.
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