NAME¶

minimal - minimizes size of the DNS response message whenever possible.

DESCRIPTION¶

The minimal plugin tries to minimize the size of the response. Depending on the response type it removes resource records from the AUTHORITY and ADDITIONAL sections.

Specifically this plugin looks at successful responses (this excludes negative responses, i.e. nodata or name error). If the successful response isn't a delegation only the RRs in the answer section are written to the client.

SYNTAX¶

minimal

EXAMPLES¶

Enable minimal responses:

example.org {


    whoami


    forward . 8.8.8.8


    minimal
}

SEE ALSO¶

BIND 9 Configuration Reference ⟨https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference.html#boolean-options⟩