[dns-operations] Vista implements a bizarre DNS server selection algorithm from RFC4384?

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Thu Mar 5 13:39:03 UTC 2009


On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> The IETF is structurally incapable of updating the specification,
> especially for IPv4.  It is considered out of scope for the DNS WGs,
> and the IPv6 WGs don't care much about IPv4.

It isn't that bad. The 6MAN WG is actively working on an update to
RFC 3484 and they are aware of the problems with this rule. See
http://www.watersprings.org/pub/id/draft-arifumi-6man-rfc3484-revise-00.txt
section 2.5.

Tony.
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