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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:21:34 -0400 To: Rodney Joffe <rjoffe@centergate.com>, Bruce Campbell <bc-nanog@vicious.dropbear.id.au> From: Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com> Cc: nanog@merit.edu In-Reply-To: <3F8EF1BA.1BDAA34B@centergate.com> Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu At 03:30 PM 10/16/2003, Rodney Joffe wrote: >Bruce Campbell wrote: [much snipped] > > Also, did the query that I'm debugging really go to the same host that I > > just got the real IP address from? > >I believe I covered that in my initial response to Randy which you >snipped. I said: > >"> Dan Senie has suggest the inclusion of a TXT record with the same >data > > so that the actual ip address of the actual server that responded to the > > query that had a problem was available. Certainly more standardized and > > elegant, but a subject for the WG mailing lists." > >The RFCs governing dns do not currently allow for the standard return of >any record type in a dns answer that would indicate the ip address of >the server being queried. So this valid issue should be addressed, of >course through the appropriate process. I am working on an I-D submission on this topic. One of the advantages of the mechanism I'm writing about is that it'd be applicable to both anycast environments AND to load balancer environments. I don't know if I'll make the I-D cutoff or not. If not, it'll get submitted as soon as the gates reopen.
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