Re: .ORG problems this evening

[bmanning () karoshi com]

> TV> BGP doesn't know when a DNS server dies.  Therein lies the
> TV> findamental problem of using anycast as an application
> TV> redundancy scheme.
>
> But it can and should.  Again, seeing if the process is running
> is easy; verifying correct functionality requires more work, but
> definitely is doable.
>
>
> Eddy
> --

        Ick.  you really believe that BGP can or should be augmented to 
        understand application "liveness"?   BGP reaching past the router,
        running a "ps -augx" and then performing applications specific tricks?

        I guess that when all you have/understand is a hammer, everything
        becomes a nail.

        Wait...  Its a joke!  you just forgot the :)

--bill