Re: [mif] [dhcwg] [dnsext] [DNSOP] 2nd Last Call for MIF DNS server selection document

[Jeffrey Hutzelman <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, 2011-10-22 at 11:42 -0700, Doug Barton wrote:

> In regards to 3, let's say I have a domain, example.org. In my network I
> have various subdomains that represent various network segments, let's
> say foo, bar, and baz. Personally, I find it convenient to put
> 'example.com' in the search list for all of my hosts, and then type 'ssh
> host.bar' and go off on my merry way. Yes, I understand that in my
> simple example I could theoretically put all 3 subdomains in the search
> list. Now assume that my network isn't actually that simple ...

For example, suppose that each of foo, bar, and baz in turn has a number
of subdomains, and that the total number of such 4th-level domains is
over 250.  Now, imagine that major resolver implementations limit the
search list to a total of 6 domains...