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Message: clarify descriptions of AUTH_QUERY, AUTH_RESPONSE, RESOLVER_QUERY, RESOLVER_RESPONSE
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@@ -83,24 +83,25 @@ message Message {
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// further recursion.
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enum Type {
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// AUTH_QUERY is a DNS query message received from a recursive
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// server by an authoritative name server, from the perspective of
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// the authorative name server.
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// AUTH_QUERY is a DNS query message received from a resolver by an
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// authoritative name server, from the perspective of the authorative
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// name server.
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AUTH_QUERY = 1;
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// AUTH_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from an
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// authoritative name server to a recursive server, from the
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// perspective of the authoritative name server.
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// AUTH_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from an authoritative
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// name server to a resolver, from the perspective of the authoritative
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// name server.
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AUTH_RESPONSE = 2;
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// RESOLVER_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a recursive
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// server to an authoritative name server, from the perspective of
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// the recursive server.
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// RESOLVER_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a resolver to an
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// authoritative name server, from the perspective of the resolver.
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// Resolvers typically clear the RD (recursion desired) bit when
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// sending queries.
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RESOLVER_QUERY = 3;
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// RESOLVER_RESPONSE is a DNS response message received from an
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// authoritative name server by a recursive server, from the
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// perspective of the recursive server.
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// authoritative name server by a resolver, from the perspective of
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// the resolver.
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RESOLVER_RESPONSE = 4;
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// CLIENT_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a client to a DNS
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CLIENT_QUERY = 5;
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// CLIENT_RESPONSE is a DNS response message sent from a DNS server to
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// a client. The DNS server typically sets the RA (recursion available)
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// bit when responding.
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// a client, from the perspective of the DNS server. The DNS server
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// typically sets the RA (recursion available) bit when responding.
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CLIENT_RESPONSE = 6;
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// FORWARDER_QUERY is a DNS query message sent from a downstream DNS

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