In message <c923553c0908260234q46fef3d4g2591d8ef3a532...@mail.gmail.com>, Luis Silva writes: > Hi, > Can anyone tell me the maximum size for DNS messages using TCP? I scanned > all RFCs that I knew, but I can't find the answer. The problem is that I'm > integrating my BIND server with a DNS name server which can only send AXFR > answers with a 65535 maximum message size. > > Thank you, > LS
DNS messages over TCP are limited to 65535 bytes due to there being only two bytes to encode the length in. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users