NAPTR : Naming Authority Pointer ( RFC 3403)
Allows regular expression based rewriting of domain names which can then be used as URIs, further domain names to lookups, etc.
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A : address record ( RFC 1035)
Returns a 32-bit IPv4 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host, but also used for DNSBLs, storing subnet masks in RFC 1101, etc.
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DS : Delegation signer ( RFC 4034)
The record used to identify the DNSSEC signing key of a delegated zone
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SIG : Signature ( RFC 2535)
Signature record used in SIG(0) (RFC 2931). Until RFC 3755 was published, the SIG record was part of DNSSEC; now RRSIG is used for that.
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* : All cached records ( RFC 1035)
Returns all records of all types known to the name server. If the name server does not have any information on the name, the request will be forwarded on. The records returned may not be complete. For example, if there is both an A and an MX for a name, but the name server has only the A record cached, only the A record will be returned.
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HIP : Host Identity Protocol ( RFC 5205)
Method of separating the end-point identifier and locator roles of IP addresses.
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AXFR : Full Zone Transfer ( RFC 1035)
Transfer entire zone file from the master name server to secondary name servers.
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SSHFP : SSH Public Key Fingerprint ( RFC 4255)
Resource record for publishing SSH public host key fingerprints in the DNS System, in order to aid in verifying the authenticity of the host.
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DHCID : DHCP identifier ( RFC 4701)
Used in conjunction with the FQDN option to DHCP
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LOC : Location record ( RFC 1876)
Specifies a geographical location associated with a domain name
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RRSIG : DNSSEC signature ( RFC 4034)
Signature for a DNSSEC-secured record set. Uses the same format as the SIG record.
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NS : name server record ( RFC 1035)
Delegates a DNS zone to use the given authoritative name servers
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MX : mail exchange record ( RFC 1035)
Maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain
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TA : DNSSEC Trust Authorities (None)
Part of a deployment proposal for DNSSEC without a signed DNS root. See the IANA database and Weiler Spec] for details. Uses the same format as the DS record.
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NSEC3PARAM : NSEC3 parameters ( RFC 5155)
Parameter record for use with NSEC3
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DNSKEY : DNS Key record ( RFC 4034)
The key record used in DNSSEC. Uses the same format as the KEY record.
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CERT : Certificate record ( RFC 4398)
Stores PKIX, SPKI, PGP, etc.
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IPSECKEY : IPSEC Key ( RFC 4025)
Key record that can be used with IPSEC
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