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Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org> Tue, 04 October 2011 12:52 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dnsext] draft-mohan-dns-query-xml-00.txt Date: Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 12:40:50PM +0100 Quoting Alex Bligh (alex@alex.org.uk):
> 
> 
> --On 4 October 2011 12:04:42 +0100 Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
> 
> >You can't increase the DNS message size beyond 64KB.
> 
> I was under the (mis) apprehension that was a UDP limitation, and that
> large AFXRs could exceed 64KB. Live and learn.

I've done AXFRen of 1/2 GB zones. Not practical, but doable. The 64K
limit does not apply to AXFR, but, then again, AXFR is not like the
other children...

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