Re: Need help with reading tcpdump output for UDP Name Server Requests
On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 02:58:52PM +1000, Geoff Crompton wrote:
> 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
>
Thanks.
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@quiknet.com
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