[dns-operations] How to avoid minimal-responses queries?

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Thu Sep 15 05:57:19 UTC 2016


* Kaio Rafael:

> I have been monitoring Fast-Flux domains and sometimes I've got DIG
> output missing fields such as Authority and Additional. Additional
> field is very useful under my research.
>
> Is there any way to force DIG to get full DNS response without sending
> additional NS queries?
>
> $ dig marciaguthke.com

This shows the response from your local resolver.  Whether it contains
an authority and additional section depends on many factors.

You will be able to obtain delegation information more reliably if you
query the servers for the parent zone instead.



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