In article <mailman.1658.1384379072.20661.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote:
> No, there is no such requirement. The browsers are just BROKEN if > they don't try all the offered addresses. All browsers we were > written after RFC 1123 was published. That attitude should probably be moderated when interactive applications are involved. It means that users will have to wait for an arbitrary number of timeouts before the browser can give them an error message. The requirement is stated as a SHOULD, not a MUST. This gives latitude to the application designer to trade off reliability and usability. -- Barry Margolin Arlington, MA _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users