<varlistentry>
<term><command>message-compression</command></term> <listitem>
<para>
- If <userinput>yes</userinput>, DNS name compression will
- be used for responses to regular queries (not including
+ If <userinput>yes</userinput>, DNS name compression is
+ used in responses to regular queries (not including
AXFR or IXFR, which always uses compression). Setting
- this option to <userinput>no</userinput> can result in
- larger responses, but will reduce CPU usage on servers.
- The default is <userinput>yes</userinput>.
+ this option to <userinput>no</userinput> reduces CPU
+ usage on servers and may improve throughput. However,
+ it increases response size, which may cause more queries
+ to be processed using TCP; a server with compression
+ disabled is out of compiance with RFC 1123 Section
+ 6.1.3.2. The default is <userinput>yes</userinput>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>auto-dnssec</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>
+ <para>
Zones configured for dynamic DNS may use this
option to allow varying levels of automatic DNSSEC key
management. There are three possible settings: