>> I found some internet stuff where someone claims that the AA flag is >> even not set if the answer comes from a cache in some constellations >> (bind cache). I dont see this behavior in my old bind environment. > > The fact that a BIND recursor sets the AA bit in the reply is really > nothing more than an accident, because if you repeat the same query to > the same BIND recursor before the record has expired, you'll get it > without the AA bit. > > From the client's point of view then, it's effectively random whether > the AA bit is set or not; it depends on whether some other client may > or may not have recently issued the same query.
Newer versions of BIND don't show this behavior, as far as I can see. Steinar Haug, AS2116 _______________________________________________ Pdns-users mailing list Pdns-users@mailman.powerdns.com https://mailman.powerdns.com/mailman/listinfo/pdns-users
