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Re:Some ways DNS can break by bogomipz on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:47AM (#29967718)
>Bonus error: you can't have DNS packets >64k. Even over TCP. (Been there)

I am curious how did you get there given the length field in DNS records is only 16 bits?

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Re:Some ways DNS can break by grogers on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:44AM (#29968420)
I think the point was that they wanted to return more data than 64kB in the response but couldn't.
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