In message <20150812004858.gl5...@mx2.yitter.info>, Andrew Sullivan writes:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 08:12:20PM +0100, Miek Gieben wrote:
> > 
> > So this discussion stems from this issue: 
> > https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns/issues/217
> > 
> > And apparently the glibc resolver assume this is ordering is in effect.
> 
> I wonder what it does if the RRSIG moves around.  (Sorry, I couldn't
> resist.)

RFC 3045 3.1.1.  Including RRSIG RRs in a Response

> It seems to me that it would be nice to issue an update to something
> (I seem to recall someone wanted to open up 2181, but that's not what
> I had in mind) stating explicitly that, when an answer section
> contains multiple RRsets, here's how you order them.  I suspect the
> answer will be, "You don't," since I can't imagine a principle by
> which we could determine this (what if there's a new special
> processing case in the future?).  Putting the CNAME first doesn't even
> respect alphabetical or numeric order, so that's no use either.  Boo.

In the processing order as described in RFC 1034 Section ?.?.? Algorithm

s/Add/Append/ and there is no dispute.  I doubt anyone thought "Add"
meant insert before records already in the answer and adjust
compression pointers in the existing records.

Mark

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