Re: [dnsext] MaraDNS and NXDOMAIN/NOERROR on non-terminal nodes

Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org> Wed, 27 April 2011 15:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] MaraDNS and NXDOMAIN/NOERROR on non-terminal nodes
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> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:58:22 -0300
> From: Hugo Salgado <hsalgado@nic.cl>
> 
> On 04/27/2011 03:47 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
> > yes (though i think ed means "shortname" exists not "shortername" exists).
> > the proper response to QNAME=www.shortname is RCODE=0 ANCOUNT=0 in order
> > to signal an empty (but existing) domain name.
> 
> I think the QNAME=shortname is the empty non-terminal, in this example.

you are of course quite correct.