From 5b757a51b514ea163bbec0a53dbbc06bb1b29241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:43:33 +0200
Subject: resolv: Make RES_ROTATE start with a random name server [BZ #19570]

Do not copy the actual name server addresses to rotate them.  Use a
global rotation offset instead.
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 NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 711b2d9..944804d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ Version 2.26
 
     - Exponential and Logarithmic Function: clog10f128.
 
+* When the “rotate” (RES_ROTATE) DNS stub resolver option is active, glibc
+  will now randomly pick a name server from the configuration as a starting
+  point.  (Previously, the second name server was always used.)
+
 Security related changes:
 
 * The DNS stub resolver limits the advertised UDP buffer size to 1200 bytes,
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