On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Paul Vixie wrote: > > so the policy you're arguing for is that clients should always randomize? When the client has topology information it should follow that (i.e. rules 1 - 8). When it doesn't have topology information it should use the order it gets from the DNS (i.e. rule 10, and historical practice). This lets the client's recursive server do whatever it thinks is sensible with the RRset, which is usually round-robin balancing. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <dot@xxxxxxxx> http://dotat.at/ GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER: SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7. MODERATE OR ROUGH. SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf