RE: Funk *that* (was Re: whois broke again?)

["Leonard, Jason M." <Jason.Leonard () wcom net>]

Understood, that's why I'm looking for input.  I'd like to come up with a
reliable system, even though it's necessarily going to be a hair or two
behind the 'live' databases.


-----Original Message-----
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
To: Leonard, Jason M.
Cc: 'nanog () merit edu'
Sent: 2/20/00 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: Funk *that* (was Re: whois broke again?) 

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 01:32:35 EST, "Leonard, Jason M."
<Jason.Leonard () wcom net>  said:
> How hard could it be to maintain a mirror or something close to a
mirror?
> I'm willing to donate a box and a few hours a week.  Email me off list
with
> your input and I'll post the results.

A mirror would help if the primary server was unreachable.

The problem being reported NOW is the  spewage of data that claims
to be correct.  Unless you run your mirror in a "pull, wait 8 hours
for verification, and THEN commit" mode, the mirror will be spewing
the same broken data.

                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech