I got a mDNS response like this, can't understand the NSEC records in additional records section. According to rfc 6762, NSEC record in the Additional Section indicates nonexistence of record, but in the Answers Section, it does exist. So what does this mean?
Multicast Domain Name System (response)
Transaction ID: 0x0000
Flags: 0x8400 Standard query response, No error
Questions: 0
Answer RRs: 2
Authority RRs: 0
Additional RRs: 3
Answers
6.2.9.E.3.F.4.E.9.6.9.3.D.6.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa: type PTR, class IN, cache flush, R-er.local
104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa: type PTR, class IN, cache flush, R-er.local
Name: 104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Type: PTR (domain name PoinTeR) (12)
.000 0000 0000 0001 = Class: IN (0x0001)
1... .... .... .... = Cache flush: True
Time to live: 120
Data length: 2
Domain Name: R-er.local
Additional records
6.2.9.E.3.F.4.E.9.6.9.3.D.6.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa: type NSEC, class IN, cache flush, next domain name 6.2.9.E.3.F.4.E.9.6.9.3.D.6.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.E.F.ip6.arpa
104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa: type NSEC, class IN, cache flush, next domain name 104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Name: 104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
Type: NSEC (47)
.000 0000 0000 0001 = Class: IN (0x0001)
1... .... .... .... = Cache flush: True
Time to live: 120
Data length: 6
Next Domain Name: 104.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa
RR type in bit map: PTR (domain name PoinTeR)
<Root>: type OPT
asked 08 Mar '17, 21:40
jfly
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accept rate: 0%
Thanks! I miss this while reading rfc.