[ih] qdcount

• Subject: [ih] qdcount
• From: jtk at depaul.edu (John Kristoff)
• Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:29:08 +0000

The DNS specs refer to the QDCOUNT, ANCOUNT, NSCOUNT and ARCOUNT fields
in the DNS header.  I've always assumed ANCOUNT = ANswer COUNT, NSCOUNT
= Name Server(s) COUNT, ARCOUNT = Additional Record(s) COUNT and QDCOUNT
= Query COUNT, but what does the 'D' stand for, if anything?  Data?
Domain(s)?

John

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