Severity

E (error)

Message text

Forward reference at offset 0x%X

Description

RFC 1035 defines DNS compression so that reference token can point only into already processed part of block. No forward references are allowed. Token at printed offset is a forward reference.

In case of query, request is rejected with FormErr response code.

In case of reply, whole answer is ignored and next server is tried.

See also

DNSR-719(6), DNSE-790(6), DNSE-791(6), logging(7)

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