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... tree for which they have complete
information; a name server is said to be an AUTHORITY for
these parts of the name space. Authoritative information is
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... Authority ...
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Note that the QCLASS=* construct requires special interpretation
regarding authority. Since a particular name server may not know all of
the classes ...
... Copy the NS RRs for the subzone into the authority
section of the reply. Put whatever addresses are
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... authoritative data, look for the best one from the cache, and
put it in the authority section. Go to step 6.
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... cached due to direct SOA queries, and name servers are not required to
output the SOAs in the authority section.
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... Answer | <empty> |
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Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... IN A 10.0.0.51 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... IN A 26.0.0.73 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... | HINFO DEC-2060 TOPS20 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... | A 10.0.0.51 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... IN HINFO DEC-2060 TOPS20 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... ARPA.|
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | SRI-NIC ...
... Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | . SOA SRI-NIC.ARPA. HOSTMASTER.SRI-NIC ...
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The SOA RR in the authority section is the optional negative caching
information which allows the resolver using this response to assume that
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... Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | MIL. 86400 IN NS SRI-NIC ...
... IN A 10.0.0.52 |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... CNAME C.ISI.EDU. |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | ISI.EDU. 172800 IN NS VAXA.ISI.EDU. |
...
... CNAME C.ISI.EDU. |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...
... Answer | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | ISI.EDU. 172800 IN NS VAXA.ISI.EDU. |
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... | MX 20 VAXA.ISI.EDU. |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | VAXA.ISI.EDU. 172800 A 10.2.0.27 |
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... ARPA. |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Authority | <empty> |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Additional | <empty> |
...