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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ARIN Services
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 12:46:39AM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Forrest W. Christian wrote: > > Now, I fully agree that the BEST solution to the problem is for it to be > > available 24x7, as there are those of us which work from midnight-4 on a > > regular basis. (I myself have two waking schedules 9a - midnight or > > noon-4a, depending on what needs to get done.) > > One would think the various registries might make a deal to host "mirror" > sites for each other and then spread the word that if for instance, > rs.arin.net isn't working, you should try rs2.arin.net (which might reside > somewhere in Europe). People in Europe, might naturally just use > rs2.arin.net, knowing that its closer and faster for them. Why even use a different name? Round robin works fine, and if all the registries participate in a cross-mirroring program, then all would be well, no? If you mirror correctly, it doesn't much matter _which_ host you hit. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com
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