[62490] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: .ORG problems this evening
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@karoshi.com)
Thu Sep 18 13:40:16 2003
From: bmanning@karoshi.com
To: eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net (E.B. Dreger)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:29:06 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309181716040.17449-100000@pop.ict1.everquick.net> from "E.B. Dreger" at Sep 18, 2003 05:17:33 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> 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
