[dns-operations] Bailiwick stats? Idea for mitigation...

Ray.Bellis at nominet.org.uk Ray.Bellis at nominet.org.uk
Sun Aug 10 18:40:36 UTC 2008


 > far end load balancers (including those made by cisco) won't always 
answer
> equally.  if you repeat a query N times, then in the end you'll have to 
> either pick the last one or a random one.

The intent was that this algorithm would only apply to information found 
in the Authority or Additional Sections, which should be far more stable 
and less likely to be changed by load balancers or other "M of N" 
selection algorithms used to vary the Answer Section.

Ray




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