What is the difference between 'NXDOMAIN' and 'SERVFAIL'?

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  • What is the difference between NXDOMAIN and SERVFAIL?
  • What does NXDOMAIN mean?
  • What does SERVFAIL mean?

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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • DNS

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