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Re: New Outage Hits Comcast Subscribers


From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow () mci com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:17:26 +0000 (GMT)



On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Peter John Hill wrote:


Do you understand anycast? Do you understand how different operating
systems react to failures of configured dns servers?

You really need to look into anycast and see why it is used. Perhaps
the comcast people are as naive as you about dns... Check out:
http://www.net.cmu.edu/pres/anycast/


is attacking people necessary? I think Daniel's point was: "Perhaps
anycast isn't te only answer"

Perhaps it's not even appropriate for comcast's
network/design/pop/hub/area/infrastructure... Don't get me, or I think
Daniel, wrong, anycast is fun, but it's not for everyone. The main goal
for comcast should be stability, regardless of how they implement that,
eh?


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