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Re: Beyond DNS...
From: Chris Cappuccio <chris () empnet com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 14:26:41 -0700 (PDT)
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Dean Anderson wrote: | 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 | | Multiple CNAMEs are not supported by all DNS servers and are in fact "turned off" by default in BIND 8. Multiple CNAMEs violates DNS protocol- ******************************************************** Chris Cappuccio voice: +1-541-317-3437 System Administrator fax: +1-541-317-3402 Empire Net, Inc. 20310 Empire Ave chris () empnet com Suite A-100 Bend, OR 97701 http://www.EmpireNet.net ********************************************************
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- Beyond DNS... Jim Fleming (Jun 01)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Francois Beauregard (Jun 02)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Jonathan Bradshaw (Jun 03)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Phillip Vandry (Jun 03)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Dean Anderson (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Chris Cappuccio (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Phillip Vandry (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Dean Anderson (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Jonathan Bradshaw (Jun 03)
- Re: Beyond DNS... John Caruso (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Daniel Reed (Jun 04)
- Re: Beyond DNS... black (Jun 05)
- Re: Beyond DNS... Francois Beauregard (Jun 02)
- Load balancing/Multiple CNAME's (Was: Re: Beyond DNS...) Studded (Jun 05)
- Re: Load balancing/Multiple CNAME's (Was: Re: Beyond DNS...) Michael Shields (Jun 05)
- Re: Load balancing/Multiple CNAME's (Was: Re: Beyond DNS...) Studded (Jun 05)
- Re: Load balancing/Multiple CNAME's (Was: Re: Beyond DNS...) Stephen Sprunk (Jun 05)
- Re: Load balancing/Multiple CNAME's (Was: Re: Beyond DNS...) Studded (Jun 06)