[dns-operations] about answer status

[Kevin C.]

A great explaining. Thank you Stephane.

On 2015/6/8 星期一 16:54, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> If you want more technical details:
>
> dig, by default, requests a A record. defensor.game.yy.com has no A
> record (ANSWER:0 in dig's answer) but it may have other types of
> records (AAAA, for instance, since we are now in the 21st century).
>
> In this specific case, defensor.game.yy.com seems to have no other
> types of records ('dig @dwdns1.nsbeta.info ANY defensor.game.yy.com')
> But names underneath (something.defensor.game.yy.com) may exist (this
> is called an ENT, Empty Non-Terminal).