From e64584096fcdfcd0d3e8c2882cefae3f4c7718e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aki Tuomi Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 20:37:26 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Document unknown record type in supported types --- docs/appendices/types.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/appendices/types.rst b/docs/appendices/types.rst index 64c6a62151..6bc01ccd4d 100644 --- a/docs/appendices/types.rst +++ b/docs/appendices/types.rst @@ -378,3 +378,17 @@ The following, rarely used or obsolete record types, are also supported: - RKEY (`draft-reid-dnsext-rkey-00.txt `__) - SIG (:rfc:`2535`, obsolete) - WKS (:rfc:`1035`) + +.. _types-unknown: + +Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) Types +-------------------------------------- + +PowerDNS supports (:rfc:`3597`) syntax for serving unknown record types. For example + +:: + + e.example. IN TYPE1 \# 4 0A000001 + +Beware that PowerDNS will attempt to parse known record types even if written in this syntax. +This bug will be fixed in future release. -- 2.47.2