fixed rrset ordering - is this still a thing?

[Matt Nordhoff]

On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 12:38 AM Matt Nordhoff <m.lists.isc.org at mn0.us> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 9:40 PM Ondřej Surý <ondrej at isc.org> 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.
>
> For what it's worth, Knot DNS is fixed by default. I know because the
> first setting in my knot.conf file is "answer-rotation: on". :-)

Correction: It's fixed but sorted, rather than fixed in the original
zone file order. Which is not necessarily the same as any of BIND's
settings?

I'll go hide in a cave and wish emails could be edited now. :-)

> NSD also has a "round-robin" setting, which is also off by default.
>
> So other nameservers do support fixed order, but I personally don't
> use it and don't mind if you remove it.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Ondřej
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Matt Nordhoff