# TYPE values (section 3.2.2) 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 # Additional TYPE values from host.c source UNAME = 110 MP = 240 # QTYPE values (section 3.2.3) AXFR = 252 # A request for a transfer of an entire zone MAILB = 253 # A request for mailbox-related records (MB, MG or MR) MAILA = 254 # A request for mail agent RRs (Obsolete - see MX) ANY = 255 # A request for all records # Construct reverse mapping dictionary _names = dir() typemap = {} for _name in _names: if _name[0] != '_': typemap[eval(_name)] = _name def typestr(type): if typemap.has_key(type): return typemap[type] else: return `type`