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Re: Beyond DNS...
From: Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:53:17 -0400
At 2:51 PM -0400 6/3/98, Phillip Vandry wrote:
2. Why Web services don't have entries like MX hosts do. Why not be able to set preferences and fall over hosts?
Err, they do. Here's how to set it up: These balance the load, and if one machine is down, any browser which handles multiple A records properly will still fail over to the other machine. www IN CNAME www1.av8.com. IN CNAME www2.av8.com. www1 IN A 198.3.136.144 IN A 208.156.100.250 www2 IN A 208.156.100.250 IN A 198.3.136.144
That is exactly RFC 2052, but why don't you try convincing everyone to deploy that right now? :-)
Because its not necessary. Just put in multiple A records, for multiple hosts which service the same web pages. (What? Your browser won't use multiple A records? Well, in that case, it probably will be a much longer time before it supports a new DNS record type.) --Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean () av8 com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP/DCE http://www.av8.com We Make IT Fly! (617)242-3091 x246 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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- Re: Beyond DNS... Jonathan Bradshaw (Jun 03)
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- Re: Beyond DNS... Dean Anderson (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Chris Cappuccio (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Phillip Vandry (Jun 04)
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- Re: Beyond DNS... Francois Beauregard (Jun 02)
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