On 07/06/16 22:29, Wietse Venema wrote: > Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty > address list and the reply TTL (-1 if unavailable). > > "otherwise" means that the IP address is not listed, or that no > reply was received. > > I have changed the text to: > > Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty > address list and the reply TTL. The reply TTL is -1 if no > reply is received, or if the reply contains no TTL information).
That still doesn't address what I'm concerned about. How about this: Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty address list and the negative cache TTL from the SOA record if one is supplied or -1 if no reply is received, or if the reply contains no SOA record). Peter