fixed rrset ordering - is this still a thing?

[Nick Tait]

On 02/03/2024 11:36, Greg Choules wrote:
> Please don't encourage using "search" in resolv.conf or the Windows 
> equivalent. Search domains make queries take longer, impose 
> unnecessary load on resolvers and make diagnosis of issues harder 
> because, when users say "it doesn't work" you have no idea what it was 
> that didn't work.

This is not necessarily the case. If you are running your own recursive 
resolvers that hold mirrors of the root zone, and if you only have a few 
search domains, the impact will be negligible. Then it is a question of 
ergonomics.

> I tried using separate subdomains for different interfaces on devices 
> once and ran into exactly that problem. There's also the overhead of 
> maintaining more zones than you really need.

Using sub-domains doesn't mean you have to create separate zones. All 
the example names I gave could be included in the "example.com" zone.