> The problem is BIND locally doesn't preserve this order Nor need any other DNS server software do so. The actual DNS protocol has no notion of an ordering w

> The problem is BIND locally doesn't preserve this order Nor need any other DNS server software do so. The actual DNS protocol has no notion of an ordering within a resource record set in an answer. I suspect, from your brief description here, that what you'll end up with is using the "sortlist" option in the BIND DNS client library's configuration file /etc/resolv.conf . Although SRV RRSets will introduce some interesting complexities. * http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/dns-srv-record-use-by-clients.html http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/dn...