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pawsd:protocol [2026/02/11 17:59] – [Verb 4096 (0x1000): Start authentication] winterpawsd:protocol [2026/02/11 18:07] (current) – [Zones, services and records] flags bitfield description winter
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 The signature is calculated from the concatenation of the index, flags, record count, and records fields (i.e. the entire service in wire format except for the signature itself). The signature algorithm is not given in the service itself but will be specified as part of the service's identifier, such as when requesting it. The signature is calculated from the concatenation of the index, flags, record count, and records fields (i.e. the entire service in wire format except for the signature itself). The signature algorithm is not given in the service itself but will be specified as part of the service's identifier, such as when requesting it.
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 +The "flags" bitfield currently only contains one flag, identified by the presence or absence of the least significant bit (1), which, if set, indicates that another service follows this one in the zone (and therefore if unset indicates that this service is the final service in the zone). In future, more flags may be added without incrementing the protocol version unless it is necessary for clients to understand them.
  
 Records are just a list of tag-value pairs: Records are just a list of tag-value pairs:
pawsd/protocol.txt · Last modified: by winter