[RESOLVED] Bits, Bytes and Boomerangs (without the boomerangs...)

[chris128]

If you want to put the RD at 1 and everything else at 0...

Just put the first byte a 1 and the second a 0
HeaderBytes(2) = 1 (0000 0001)
HeaderBytes(3) = 0 (0000 0000)

but that wont be in the correct place will it? This is what I dont get, you guys are saying that the order of the bits (high to low vs low to high) doesnt make a difference as thats just how us humans like to view the bits - but in that header table it shows that single bits affect specific settings (in this case the RD setting) so surely I have to get them in the exact right place?
Lets use a different example bit, lets say I wanted to set the TC bit, how would I do that? Again its just 1 bit I want to set so are you saying I should just do the same and set HeaderBytes to 1? If so then how will the DNS server that receives these bytes know I meant the TC bit and not some other bit in that word?