Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote: > > I know. But there are cases you just have much of data in the DNS and what I > am asking is, if BIND really does skip authority section, if it helps to > avoid sending truncated packets.
Yes it does. For example, have a look at responses to queries for dotat.at in mx for various buffer sizes and observe that RRsets are dropped but the TC bit is not set. ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-vjs287.12 <<>> +norec +dnssec +ignore +multiline mx dotat.at @puck.nether.net ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 31890 ;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 7 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;dotat.at. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: dotat.at. 3600 IN MX 1 mx.cam.ac.uk. dotat.at. 3600 IN RRSIG MX 5 2 3600 ( 20121217120814 20121117113945 56700 dotat.at. FLOLFiTEbnAsBka05qJK9nbY3sknNIbG2zSewoqIUkI1 fnm8PDzOB42WoAI2N4vNcQQVkd560B8hRB5a0+tLLZOB +lz7EA1uLnqCaINJ46BOA0+hXAcAMZMbzYFfVOTN8T/K 89WkExApwdXxffi2dSGOKXAj4KuM3ryfz1g/n7g= ) ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: dotat.at. 3600 IN NS black.dotat.at. dotat.at. 3600 IN NS ns1.gratisdns.dk. dotat.at. 3600 IN NS ns3.gratisdns.dk. dotat.at. 3600 IN NS puck.nether.net. dotat.at. 3600 IN RRSIG NS 5 2 3600 ( 20121225040504 20121125035952 56700 dotat.at. Hdvs1a2cdGOezLYbNTr1T47g+ZYA9ceBgUQD1tkHvJjL 0+nwREF/0JRs9Neb/Y+jpe0+PeIcDKCEOyD8GTeyc0ve Ez4sKt3OmkVUp1QN4gFmaeH/oPnPmhYzIuSrlgLkDwOl IoiixyHNKdF1Op14uUOS8bG3Qn8/HrHS3VjvogM= ) ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: puck.nether.net. 86400 IN A 204.42.254.5 puck.nether.net. 86400 IN AAAA 2001:418:3f4::5 black.dotat.at. 3600 IN A 131.111.11.130 black.dotat.at. 3600 IN AAAA 2001:630:212:100:646f:7461:742e:6174 black.dotat.at. 3600 IN RRSIG A 5 3 3600 ( 20121217151010 20121117143125 56700 dotat.at. ASD2mv5bJgCvope4pfPMxG9LULCOgnUEgRfpw6BIYaRi 1wGMbezO2L7e9PVPeZ6vN5Cc0T+faN5NpgT0o9aJTdSK vRoFABIyNsPAMS41ekPL6KdAoz5vbHvplDaNBIfIXs+B NMySjVw+K/kDFjdW2ygPaRQb8WzfCQoCUEuUc7Y= ) black.dotat.at. 3600 IN RRSIG AAAA 5 3 3600 ( 20121224154647 20121124151930 56700 dotat.at. sb5EcG/+C8PG4E5BFUVag59M9zDDwxZGAFdgnMHSacVX 2kBPoLx+O7IwyO/wanYFpW/sINojumV0NVvE48AI2Ubs 5R/YKIKwHOwgrbwXB2S86x9xGUIGljMJtN07NxbGGpKS CDhlGH7za4Au32srZFVNu3cozq0Q20dsWKHQ3DA= ) ;; Query time: 93 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:418:3f4::5#53(2001:418:3f4::5) ;; WHEN: Wed Nov 28 18:33:16 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 922 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.2-vjs287.12 <<>> +norec +dnssec +bufsize=512 +ignore +multiline mx dotat.at @puck.nether.net ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46694 ;; flags: qr aa; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;dotat.at. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: dotat.at. 3600 IN MX 1 mx.cam.ac.uk. dotat.at. 3600 IN RRSIG MX 5 2 3600 ( 20121217120814 20121117113945 56700 dotat.at. FLOLFiTEbnAsBka05qJK9nbY3sknNIbG2zSewoqIUkI1 fnm8PDzOB42WoAI2N4vNcQQVkd560B8hRB5a0+tLLZOB +lz7EA1uLnqCaINJ46BOA0+hXAcAMZMbzYFfVOTN8T/K 89WkExApwdXxffi2dSGOKXAj4KuM3ryfz1g/n7g= ) ;; Query time: 98 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:418:3f4::5#53(2001:418:3f4::5) ;; WHEN: Wed Nov 28 18:35:32 2012 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 233 Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Forties, Cromarty: East, veering southeast, 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Rough, becoming slight or moderate. Showers, rain at first. Moderate or good, occasionally poor at first. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users