Name

NULL (null—experimental) — (From RFC 1035, page 17)

Binary representation:

NULL type code: 10
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

    /                  anything                     /
    /                                               /
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

Anything at all may be in the RDATA field so long as it is 65535 octets or less.

NULL is not implemented by BIND.

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