North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical [OT] NXDOMAIN sanctified in RFC (Was: [Fwd: [IP] VeriSign to revive redirect service]
On Thursday 16 October 2003, at 22 h 52, Paul Vixie <[email protected]> wrote: > i think i agree with where this was going, but it would be a fine thing if > we all stop calling this NXDOMAIN. the proper term is RCODE 3. when you say > NXDOMAIN you sound like you've only read the BIND sources and not the RFC's. > NXDOMAIN is a BINDism, whereas RCODE 3 refers to the actual protocol element. NXDOMAIN *was* a BINDism (you do not find it in RFC 1035) but it is now, not only a very common way to describe RCODE 3, but also a word you can find in RFC. Check 1536, 2136, 2308 and 2535. |