nxdomain rfc2308 type 2, but authority is incorrect

Thu Aug 11 12:39:24 UTC 2016

Tony Finch wrote:
> Joe Maimon <jmaimon at ttec.com> wrote:
>
>> www.kissimmee.org
>>
>> Windows appears to believe the rfc2308 type 2 response,
>
> RFC 2308 isn't relevant to this domain. The responses aren't NXDOMAIN, so
> section 2.1 doesn't apply, and the response includes answers, so section
> 2.2 doens't apply.
>
> Tony.
>

We must be reading different things.

            NXDOMAIN RESPONSE: TYPE 2.

            Header:
                RDCODE=NXDOMAIN
            Query:
                AN.EXAMPLE. A

Andrews                     Standards Track                     [Page 3]

RFC 2308                       DNS NCACHE                     March 1998

            Answer:
                AN.EXAMPLE. CNAME TRIPPLE.XX.
            Authority:
                XX. SOA NS1.XX. HOSTMASTER.NS1.XX. ....
            Additional:
                <empty>

c:\Documents and Settings\joe.JOE.000>c:\programs\bind\bin\dig.exe 
www.kissimmee
.org @ns1.nameresolve.com

; <<>> DiG 9.10a2 <<>> www.kissimmee.org @ns1.nameresolve.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 36437
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1680
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.kissimmee.org.             IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.kissimmee.org.      3600    IN      CNAME   kissimmee-fl.vts.hosting.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
hosting.                3600    IN      SOA     ns2.nshosts.com. 
info.webstrikes
olutions.com.hosting. 1089178331 900 3600 604800 3600

;; Query time: 62 msec
;; SERVER: 66.96.142.146#53(66.96.142.146)
;; WHEN: Thu Aug 11 08:36:59 Eastern Daylight Time 2016
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 163