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Re: Selective DNS replies
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 19:30:23 -0400
On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 09:00:49PM +0100, Simon Lockhart wrote:
Yes, this would be for directing users to a 'local' server hosting www.example.org (or something similar). Yes, this is not the best way of doing it I know :-)It's the best way to do global server load balancing, as I see it.
If you have a network, you can just use the same IP for your dns servers in multiple locations, and let your IGP route it to the closest one. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6)
Current thread:
- Selective DNS replies Avleen Vig (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Aditya (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies David Ulevitch (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Simon Lockhart (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Richard A Steenbergen (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Christopher L. Morrow (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Avleen Vig (Apr 25)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Richard A Steenbergen (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Adam Rothschild (Apr 24)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Forrest W. Christian (Apr 24)
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- Re: Selective DNS replies Avleen Vig (Apr 25)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Clayton Fiske (Apr 25)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Avleen Vig (Apr 25)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Eric A. Hall (Apr 25)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Paul Vixie (Apr 26)
- Re: Selective DNS replies Clayton Fiske (Apr 25)