Re: DNS availability

[Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com>]

richb () pioneer ci net wrote:

> > Q. I read that your service is supposed to make use of several servers
> > all over the world, but you only give people two server addresses to
> > provide to their registrar. How do I make use of all the other
> > servers?
>
> > A. The two server addresses you supply your registrar when you set up
> > a domain on the Managed DNS Service system are actually 'virtual'
> > addresses that will route to the best possible server on our network,
> > based on a number of factors. This highly intelligent mechanism allows
> > you to achieve full redundancy and reliability with only two name
> > server addresses actually listed. In fact, if the registrar would
> > allow you to do so, you could achieve the same level of reliability
> > with only one name server address.
>
> Looks to me like most of their hiring lately has been in marketing
> and business-dev.  How could an engineer make statements like the
> above with a straight face?
>
> Or maybe there have been a few extensions to BGP which I haven't
> learned about...;-)

Quite possibly. Which part of this is confusing to you?

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Rodney Joffe
CenterGate Research Group, LLC.
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