diff --git a/include/ircd/rfc1035.h b/include/ircd/rfc1035.h
index 4bafe72cf..741687ce1 100644
--- a/include/ircd/rfc1035.h
+++ b/include/ircd/rfc1035.h
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ struct ircd::rfc1035::question
 ///
 struct ircd::rfc1035::answer
 {
+	struct A;
+	struct AAAA;
+	struct SRV;
+
 	uint16_t qtype;
 	uint16_t qclass;
 	uint32_t ttl;
@@ -133,3 +137,28 @@ enum class ircd::rfc1035::op
 	NOTIFY   = 4,   ///< Notify [RFC 1996]
 	UPDATE   = 5,   ///< Update [RFC 2136]
 };
+
+struct ircd::rfc1035::answer::A
+{
+	uint32_t ip4;
+
+	A(const const_buffer &rdata);
+};
+
+struct ircd::rfc1035::answer::AAAA
+{
+	uint128_t ip6;
+
+	AAAA(const const_buffer &rdata);
+};
+
+struct ircd::rfc1035::answer::SRV
+{
+	uint16_t priority;
+	uint16_t weight;
+	uint16_t port;
+	size_t tgtlen;
+	char tgt[256];
+
+	SRV(const const_buffer &rdata);
+};
diff --git a/ircd/rfc1035.cc b/ircd/rfc1035.cc
index 97c365f53..89f58ff42 100644
--- a/ircd/rfc1035.cc
+++ b/ircd/rfc1035.cc
@@ -172,6 +172,48 @@ ircd::rfc1035::answer::parse(const const_buffer &in)
 	return { data(in), pos };
 }
 
+ircd::rfc1035::answer::A::A(const const_buffer &rdata)
+{
+	if(unlikely(size(rdata) < 4))
+		throw error
+		{
+			"A record data underflow"
+		};
+
+	ip4 = bswap(*(const uint32_t *)data(rdata));
+}
+
+ircd::rfc1035::answer::AAAA::AAAA(const const_buffer &rdata)
+{
+	if(unlikely(size(rdata) < 16))
+		throw error
+		{
+			"AAAA record data underflow"
+		};
+
+	ip6 = bswap(*(const uint128_t *)data(rdata));
+}
+
+ircd::rfc1035::answer::SRV::SRV(const const_buffer &rdata)
+{
+	if(unlikely(size(rdata) < 2 + 2 + 2 + 1))
+		throw error
+		{
+			"SRV record data underflow"
+		};
+
+	const char *pos(data(rdata));
+	priority = bswap(*(const uint16_t *)pos);   pos += 2;
+	weight = bswap(*(const uint16_t *)pos);     pos += 2;
+	port = bswap(*(const uint16_t *)pos);       pos += 2;
+
+	const const_buffer tgtbuf{pos, end(rdata)};
+	tgtlen = parse_name(tgt, tgtbuf);
+	pos += tgtlen;
+
+	assert(std::distance(pos, end(rdata)) == 0);
+}
+
 ircd::const_buffer
 ircd::rfc1035::make_name(const mutable_buffer &out,
                          const string_view &fqdn)
@@ -205,7 +247,7 @@ ircd::rfc1035::parse_name(const mutable_buffer &out,
 	if(unlikely(empty(in)))
 		throw error
 		{
-			"Name input buffer is too small"
+			"Name input buffer underflow"
 		};
 
 	const char *pos(data(in));