Eric A. Hall wrote:

> Omitting all additional-data is not helpful.

could you elaborate, please? My intent was to shift the choice from the
server, who can guess at best, to the client or the resolver acting on
behalf of it, respectively.

Even the draft you cite

> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hall-qtype-addr-01.txt says:

suggests this:

> |     record sets are to be provided. Both resource record sets MAY be
> |     omitted from the additional-data section if necessary or desired.


> In the case of other-application pointers (like MX addresses), it is far
> better to omit the additional-data than it is to provide and cache
> incomplete RRsets.

Incomplete RRSets are no option anyway.

-Peter
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