[21313] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WCCP talk..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@nac.net)
Tue Nov 10 23:32:43 1998
From: alex@nac.net
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:16:03 -0500 (EST)
To: lincoln dale <ltd@interlink.com.au>
cc: nanog@merit.edu, Christian Kuhtz <ck@adsu.bellsouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981111123329.009db370@203.103.99.66>
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, alex@nac.net, 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
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
