Forwarder does not seem to to send the A records list as it receives to clients?

Kevin Darcy kcd at chrysler.com
Thu Apr 23 19:30:31 UTC 2009


MSP wrote:
> Sorry, to bother you guys again. Has anybody got an answer for this?
>
> Hi,
>
>     I have the following setup:
>
>     Client requests to a particular Domain are forwarded to a private
> DNS server. Private DNS server sends the RR list to the Forwarder. I
> would like to send the RR list from Forwarder as it is to the
> clients.
>
>    My understanding was if I set FIXED order in the forwarder DNS for
> this zone, it should send the RR list as it recevies ( and not
> altering) to the clients. But I am not seeing the result as expected.
> Irrespective of the order it receives from the private DNS, Forwarder
> sends the fixed list (always the same order) to the clients.
>
>    Can anybody tell me why is this or is there a way out?
>   

>From the ARM: "


      Note

The *rrset-order* statement is not yet fully implemented in BIND 9. BIND 
9 currently does not support "fixed" ordering."

Perhaps you should use a DNS "proxy" instead of BIND.

- Kevin




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