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Re: Programmers with network engineering skills


From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:09:51 -0800

Jimmy Hess wrote:
  (15) 30 seconds per resolver seems like a good timeout for DNS queries, so no
        need for a configurable timeout;  just  try each server
sequentially, make the
UI hang,

Of course you HAVE to use "busy waiting" in order to be able to quickly act upon the query timing out so you can swiftly move to the next dns server. That way the UI hangs for the least amount of time possible.

(that was sarcasm)

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