Does Bind support TXT records content larger than 255 characters?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When creating a TXT Resource Record in bind 9.8.2 there's an error invalid rdata format: ran out of space.

  • When creating a TXT Resource Record in bind 9.11.20 it fails to start with the error dns_rdata_fromtext: example.db:XX: syntax error

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 7.x
    • 8.x
  • Bind
    • 9.x

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