* : All cached records (RFC 1035)
Returns all records of all types known to the name server. If the name server does not have any information on the name, the request will be forwarded on. The records returned may not be complete. For example, if there is both an A and an MX for a name, but the name server has only the A record cached, only the A record will be returned.

CERT : Certificate record (RFC 4398)
Stores PKIX, SPKI, PGP, etc.

NAPTR : Naming Authority Pointer (RFC 3403)
Allows regular expression based rewriting of domain names which can then be used as URIs, further domain names to lookups, etc.

LOC : Location record (RFC 1876)
Specifies a geographical location associated with a domain name

IPSECKEY : IPSEC Key (RFC 4025)
Key record that can be used with IPSEC

DNSKEY : DNS Key record (RFC 4034)
The key record used in DNSSEC. Uses the same format as the KEY record.

AAAA : IPv6 address record (RFC 3596)
Returns a 128-bit IPv6 address, most commonly used to map hostnames to an IP address of the host.

KEY : Key record (RFC 4034)
Used only for TKEY (RFC 2930). Before RFC 3755 was published, this was also used for DNSSEC, but DNSSEC now uses DNSKEY.

DHCID : DHCP identifier (RFC 4701)
Used in conjunction with the FQDN option to DHCP

SPF : SPF record (RFC 4408)
Specified as part of the SPF protocol, as an alternative to storing SPF data in TXT records. Uses the same format as the TXT record.

TKEY : Transaction Key (RFC 2930)
One way of providing a key to be used with TSIG

DLV : DNSSEC Lookaside Validation record (RFC 4431)
For publishing DNSSEC trust anchors outside of the DNS delegation chain. Uses the same format as the DS record. RFC 5074 describes a way of using these records.

NSEC3PARAM : NSEC3 parameters (RFC 5155)
Parameter record for use with NSEC3

HIP : Host Identity Protocol (RFC 5205)
Method of separating the end-point identifier and locator roles of IP addresses.

DS : Delegation signer (RFC 4034)
The record used to identify the DNSSEC signing key of a delegated zone

CNAME : Canonical name record (RFC 1035)
Alias of one name to another: the DNS lookup will continue by retrying the lookup with the new name.

SRV : Service locator (RFC 2782)
Generalized service location record, used for newer protocols instead of creating protocol-specific records such as MX.

MX : mail exchange record (RFC 1035)
Maps a domain name to a list of mail exchange servers for that domain