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Re: [dnsext] Re: RFC 3484 section 6 rule 9 causing more operational problems

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 04 March 2009 17:06 UTC

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On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Paul Vixie wrote:
>
> you'll see roundrobin and lifo, among others, in many caches including
> stub caches.

Large numbers of sites have been depending on this behaviour for over 15
years, so it was wrong of RFC 3484 to break it.

Tony.
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