Enum TYPE
List of record types.
enum TYPE
: ushort { ... }
Originally defined in RFC1035, then extended through many RFCs. A good overview can be obtained from the Wikipedia article linked below.
Enum members
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
A
|
a host address |
AAAA
|
IPv6 host address (RFC 3596) |
CAA
|
DNS certification authority authorization (RFC 6844) |
CNAME
|
the canonical name for an alias |
CSYNC
|
Child to parent synchronization (RFC 7477) |
DNAME
|
Delegated name, a non-unique CNAME (RFC 6672) |
DNSKEY
|
DNSSEC Key record (RFC 4034) |
DS
|
DNSSEC Delegation signer (RFC 4034) |
HINFO
|
host information (redefined in RFC 8482) |
LOC
|
Geolocation record (RFC 1876) |
MB
|
a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
MD
|
a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX) |
MF
|
a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX) |
MG
|
a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL) |
MINFO
|
mailbox or mail list information |
MR
|
a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
MX
|
mail exchange |
NAPTR
|
Naming Authority Pointer (RFC 3403) |
NS
|
an authoritative name server |
NULL
|
a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL) |
OPT
|
Options (Pseudo record for EDNS) |
PTR
|
a domain name pointer |
RRSIG
|
DNSSEC Signature (RFC 4034) |
SOA
|
marks the start of a zone of authority |
SRV
|
Generalized service location record (RFC 2782) |
TXT
|
text strings |
URI
|
Mappings from hostnames to URIs (RFC 7553) |
WKS
|
a well known service description |
See Also
https
//datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1035#section-3.2.2
https
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types