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[email protected] wrote: > > Q. I read that your service is supposed to make use of several servers > > all over the world, but you only give people two server addresses to > > provide to their registrar. How do I make use of all the other > > servers? > > > A. The two server addresses you supply your registrar when you set up > > a domain on the Managed DNS Service system are actually 'virtual' > > addresses that will route to the best possible server on our network, > > based on a number of factors. This highly intelligent mechanism allows > > you to achieve full redundancy and reliability with only two name > > server addresses actually listed. In fact, if the registrar would > > allow you to do so, you could achieve the same level of reliability > > with only one name server address. > > Looks to me like most of their hiring lately has been in marketing > and business-dev. How could an engineer make statements like the > above with a straight face? > > Or maybe there have been a few extensions to BGP which I haven't > learned about...;-) Quite possibly. Which part of this is confusing to you? -- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(R)
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