fixed rrset ordering - is this still a thing?
Stacey Marshall
stacey.marshall at gmail.com
Fri Mar 1 11:35:35 UTC 2024
On 29 Feb 2024, at 21:39, Ondřej Surý wrote:
> Hey,
>
> BIND 9 supports a fixed rrset ordering (that is keeping the order of the RRSets from the zone file). It has to be configured
> at the compile time, it takes more memory (to record that order) and it's a #ifdef all over the places.
>
> So, henceforth, my question - does anyone still uses that? And if yes, what are the use cases?
>
> I think BIND is the only server that actually supports this, so it doesn't feel like the DNS can't function without it.
I know that Solaris distribution enables it, but purely to be backward compatible. With what I don't know!
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