[dns-operations] how common is a 66-record answer section, i wonder?

[Florian Weimer]

* Paul Vixie:

> on the one hand i find it heartening to see technology i pioneered
> (such as multiple PTR's at an in-addr node) or helped pioneer (such
> as the use of CNAME in the in-addr tree to make classless inaddr
> delegation possible) used with such style and verve.
>
> on the other hand i worry that things may be getting out of hand.
> for example:

There are a few German ISPs which use similar setups.  Their main use
seems to be in discussions about mandatory PTR records.

> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 1828

This is on the lower end as far as message sizes go. 8-/