NS RRs in a different circular order

[Yassine.Sissi at cec.eu.int]

You can forget my question, i just found it's random-cyclic.
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/staff/magi/doc/bind9/Bv9ARM.ch06.html#rrset_ordering

tx anyway

Yassine Sissi
Internet Services / Security
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Luxembourg
EC/SNET LUX - JMO B2-088



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yassine.Sissi at cec.eu.int [mailto:Yassine.Sissi at cec.eu.int]
> Sent: lundi 21 janvier 2002 16:08
> To: 	
> Cc: HOUIN Bertrand (ADMIN); VAN PARYS Arnold (ADMIN); TILLIERE Jacques
> (ADMIN)
> Subject: NS RRs in a different circular order
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know how the NS query works exactly. If i 
> configure a number
> of NS records for a zone, in which order those records will be used by
> resolvers.
> 
> For the test, I configured my DNS server to not do recursion. 
> If i try to
> resolve a couple of times entries in the domain 
> test.admin.net, I see the
> result of served NS is always in a different circular order.
> 
> So my question(maybe very obvious) is: What mecanism is used 
> to display the
> list ?
> 
> 
> NS RRs:
> --------
> 
> $ORIGIN admin.net.
> test                    IN      NS      ns1.test.admin.net.
>                         IN      NS      ns2.test.admin.net.
>                         IN      NS      ns3.test.admin.net.
>                         IN      NS      ns4.test.admin.net.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> nslookup:
> ----------
> 
> > test.admin.net.
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    test.admin.net
> Served by:
> - ns3.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.3
>           test.admin.net
> - ns4.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.4
>           test.admin.net
> - ns1.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.1
>           test.admin.net
> - ns2.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.2
>           test.admin.net
> 
> > test.admin.net.
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    test.admin.net
> Served by:
> - ns2.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.2
>           test.admin.net
> - ns3.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.3
>           test.admin.net
> - ns4.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.4
>           test.admin.net
> - ns1.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.1
>           test.admin.net
> 
> > test.admin.net.
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> 
> Name:    test.admin.net
> Served by:
> - ns4.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.4
>           test.admin.net
> - ns1.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.1
>           test.admin.net
> - ns2.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.2
>           test.admin.net
> - ns3.test.admin.net
>           10.0.0.3
>           test.admin.net
> 
> Yassine Sissi
> Internet Services / Security
> EUROPEAN COMMISSION Luxembourg
> EC/SNET LUX - JMO B2-088
> 
>