RR behavior

[PT T]

I was mostly trying to understand my observations on the reordering - when 
there are only 2 records I can't get some DNS servers to reorder even once, 
even after 100 or so attempts. Those very same servers reorder almost every 
time if there are 3 records. (as I mentioned earlier, other servers reorder 
regardless if the number of records is 2 or 3, and even if the TTL is set to 
zero).

Len answered my question on whether the behavior can be controlled ("nope").


Pete.


>From: Simon Waters <Simon at wretched.demon.co.uk>
>To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
>Subject: Re: RR behavior
>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:42:48 +0000
>
>PT T wrote:
> >
> > Also (not considering SRV records) is there any way to
> > influence this behavior from the authoritative server (e.g. prevent the 
>RR
> > from happening)?
>Several ways to "influence" it - but effectively what the client is
>guaranteed to see is just an unordered list - don't rely on anything else.
>
>What are you trying to achieve?
>
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