North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: .ORG problems this evening
> 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
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