* Dave Lawrence:

> Florian Weimer writes:
>> I think it's been previously observed that compression is not actually
>> optional in practice, that is, the first answer record needs to start
>> with 0xc0 0x0c.  It's not really related to ordering, but it fits
>> the underlying theme of producing maximally compatible responses.
>
> Well, it is at least minimally related to ordering in that it insists
> on the qname being first in Answer.
>
> I'd like to hear what software out there is requiring this though.  Is
> it a/some library stub(s)?

If I recall correctly, it was a DNS proxy of some kind.  Not very
well-behaved, obviously, but sufficiently widely deployed so that it
mattered to some recursive resolver operators.

I could not find a reference it, hopefully someone else will remember
and has access to relevant (potentially private) email archives.

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