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@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ class DNSLayer(Layer):
# Next, we must rebuild the DNS packet itself. If we try to have scapy parse either dns_qr1 or dns_qr2, they
# will look malformed, since neither contains a complete request. Therefore, we must build the entire
# DNS packet at once. First, we must remove the original DNSQR, since this contains the original request
# Need to set qd field to None instead of deleting it to be compatible with scapy 2.5
# deleting the qd field in scapy 2.5 causes the qd field to be populated with a question record for example.com
packet["DNS"].qd = None
# Once the DNSQR is removed, scapy automatically sets the qdcount to 0. Adjust it to 2