Re: Need help with reading tcpdump output for UDP Name Server Requests

[Geoff Crompton <geoff.crompton@bjhcontrols.com.au>]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 09:02:59PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> These lines appear to match to formats of Name Server Requests and Responses as described in the 
> tcpdump man page, except that I do not see an explanation for ' AAAA?'. In the man page there is an
> explanation for ' A?'; it indicates a query that requests an address record, but there is not an 
> exhaustive list of query types. Is ' AAAA?' a different query type, or is the 'AAA' following the 
> initial ' A' a query class code. I don't see either an 'AAAA' class or an 'AAA' type documented in 
> RFC-1035.

  AAAA is a resource record for IPv6 addresses. Have a look at
  http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1886.html if you want the details about
  it.
> 
> Where else should I look? 
> Or is the answer so simple and obvious that someone can give it to me from memory? 
> Or is this OT for this list? 
> To what list should I go with this question?

  Cheers
  Geoff