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putting this issue to rest
From: Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:34:33 -0700
Executive summary: This is a getconninfo()/gethostbyaddr() issue rather than a res_send() one. See the SONAR and SRV drafts to understand the current (published) thinking. Detailed view:
Nope. Not only is DNS not a good directory system (see my comments on ".COM is full" on the ietf list last year), it's not a good routing system either. That it can be abused to either purpose is not significant, since 99% of the people and companies who will be on the Internet aren't here yet.
Paul, do you know of anyone who has done work on code to pick the best choice (ie, closest, fastest) from a list a multiple A records? Or on a name server that hands out "the best" A record.
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