TYPE fields are used in resource records. Note that these types are a subset of QTYPEs.
TYPE | value and meaning |
A | 1 a host address |
NS | 2 an authoritative name server |
MD | 3 a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX) |
MF | 4 a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX) |
CNAME | 5 the canonical name for an alias |
SOA | 6 marks the start of a zone of authority |
MB | 7 a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
MG | 8 a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL) |
MR | 9 a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
NULL | 10 a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL) |
WKS | 11 a well known service description |
PTR | 12 a domain name pointer |
HINFO | 13 host information |
MINFO | 14 mailbox or mail list information |
MX | 15 mail exchange |
TXT | 16 text strings |