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Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening)
From: just me <matt () snark net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:04:18 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, David G. Andersen wrote: With load balancing, traffic can get routed down a non-functional path while routing takes place over the other one - BBN did that to us once, was very entertaining). Ah yes, I'll always have a special place in my heart for those Localdirectors. *cough* In contrast, talking to a few DNS servers gives you an end-to-end test of how well the service is working. You still depend on the answers being correct, but you can intuit a lot from whether or not you actually get answers, instead of sitting around twiddling your thumbs thinking, "gee, I sure wish that routing update would get sent out so I could use the 'net." Anycast isn't the only thing possibly stuck waiting for routing convergence... Let's not get carried away here. matto --mghali () snark net------------------------------------------<darwin>< Flowers on the razor wire/I know you're here/We are few/And far between/I was thinking about her skin/Love is a many splintered thing/Don't be afraid now/Just walk on in. #include <disclaim.h>
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- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening bmanning (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq. (Sep 18)
- anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) Todd Vierling (Sep 18)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) David G. Andersen (Sep 22)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) Patrick (Sep 22)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) E.B. Dreger (Sep 22)
- Re: anycast (Re: .ORG problems this evening) just me (Sep 22)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening Todd Vierling (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening Keptin Komrade Dr. BobWrench III esq. (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening Todd Vierling (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening Stephen J. Wilcox (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening bmanning (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening bmanning (Sep 18)
- Re: .ORG problems this evening E.B. Dreger (Sep 18)