Peter:
> On 07/06/16 22:29, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
> > address list and the reply TTL (-1 if unavailable).
> >
> > "otherwise" means that the IP address is not listed, or that no
> > reply was received.
> >
> > I have changed the text to:
> >
> > Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
> > address list and the reply TTL. The reply TTL is -1 if no
> > reply is received, or if the reply contains no TTL information).
>
> That still doesn't address what I'm concerned about. How about this:
>
> Otherwise it replies with the query arguments plus an empty
> address list and the negative cache TTL from the SOA record if
> one is supplied or -1 if no reply is received, or if the reply
> contains no SOA record).
Parsing that requires that one insert parentheses
otherwise a and b if c or if d, or if e.
It says that dnsblog returns the negative TTL from the SOA record.
dnsblog returns a negative TTL value only if the reply provides no
TTL or if there is no reply.
Wietse
