Re: WCCP talk..

[alex () nac net]

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, lincoln dale wrote:

> > Your missing what I said. What if the cache continues sending WCCP
> > packets, but the cache itself has died?
>
> i don't think i am --
> i would assume that the cache design would perform suitable sanity checks
> prior to sending out a heartbeat.  if the design is sound, the cache would
> not be capable of sending out WCCP packets if it has 'died' in some way.

You can't be serious.

A cache may check itself, but my arguement is that this self-checking
scheme may fail, seeing itself as alive, but not able to actually serve
requests.




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