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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, lincoln dale wrote: > >Your missing what I said. What if the cache continues sending WCCP > >packets, but the cache itself has died? > > i don't think i am -- > i would assume that the cache design would perform suitable sanity checks > prior to sending out a heartbeat. if the design is sound, the cache would > not be capable of sending out WCCP packets if it has 'died' in some way. You can't be serious. A cache may check itself, but my arguement is that this self-checking scheme may fail, seeing itself as alive, but not able to actually serve requests. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Atheism is a non-prophet organization. I route, therefore I am. Alex Rubenstein, [email protected], KC2BUO, ISP/C Charter Member Father of the Network and Head Bottle-Washer Net Access Corporation, 9 Mt. Pleasant Tpk., Denville, NJ 07834 Don't choose a spineless ISP; we have more backbone! http://www.nac.net -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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