Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Batch Multiple Query Packet

From: Tony Finch <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 17:13:24 +0100

Alfred H?nes <[email-masked]> wrote:

Is there a clear summary somewhere of why multiple concurrent queries do
not satisfy this requirement?

A slightly irrelevant pedantic correction:

> The distinguishing idea was to build in some kind of integrity of
> RRsets using feedback signaling that allows to indicate empty RRsets
> ("nodata" indication per RRtype); caches that do not "know" the
> entire RRset of an RRtype asked for do not send a partial RRset
> but indicate that the response does not answer for such RRtype.

Partial RRsets are never allowed.

Tony.
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