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> Ordering of DNS servers matters. For instance, you might have a fast one near-by (perhaps on the same machine or LAN segment); and a fallback one that is more
by jle17 9y ago
> Ordering of DNS servers matters. For instance, you might have a fast one near-by (perhaps on the same machine or LAN segment); and a fallback one that is more costly to use (few hops of latency, more network resources).
Yes, in terms of performance it's pretty common that the order matters, but the bug report is about the order mattering in terms of result. This is less common and seems like a bad idea.
- kazinator 9y agoClearly, if for any given result, server A must assert its answer over server B, there cannot be a simple timeout or failure fallback from A to B; only if A indicates that it is in working order, but declines to provide an answer.