In a message written on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 07:50:50PM -0500, Kevin Loch wrote: > There is an interesting variation in what records are returned for a > standard 512 byte request (dig ns . @[x].root-servers.net): > > A,C,D,E,F,G,I,J: return the same 10 A records and 4 AAAA records in the > same order every time. They never return A records for K,L,M and never > get AAAA records for K,M. > > B: returns all 13 A records in random order and then two AAAA records > in random order. This allows all records to be returned with equal > weight within each record type. > > H,K,L,M: return all 13 A records in static order and then A and F AAAA > records so H,J,K,M AAAA records are never returned. > > Tested with dig 9.4.1-p1 on a v6 enabled system.
I concur. An interesting thing I noticed that doesn't really cause
an operational problem but may confuse some people is their behavior
is also quite different when queried for "any". If your a lazy
admin like me who is used to typing "dig any foo" for testing you
may try "dig any . @[a-m].root-servers.net."
When I do that, I get the following response:
a, c, d e, f, g, i and j return 1 SOA, 8 A, and 3 AAAA's (the first 3).
b, h, l, k, and m return 1 SOA, 13 A, no AAAA records.
If you make this mistake you might think b, h, l, k and m have no
IPv6 data, which is wrong. Querying with NS (as nameserver would
do) clearly shows that.
While a cosmetic problem, I fear it may confuse a number of admins
as the troubleshoot problems in the near future.
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