So, why didn't you tell us GSLB didn't work?!

[PT T]

A couple of follow on papers:

http://www.tenereillo.com/GSLBPageOfShameII.htm
http://www.tenereillo.com/BrowserDNSCache.htm


Pete.

>From: Paul Vixie <vixie at sa.vix.com>
>To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
>Subject: Re: So, why didn't you tell us GSLB didn't work?!
>Date: 03 Apr 2004 04:42:23 +0000
>
> > http://www.tenereillo.com/GSLBPageOfShame.htm
>
>that's a great article.  see also:
>
>http://ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.2002/msg02168.html
>http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0302/ppt/suzanne.pdf
>http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dnsop-misbehavior-against-aaaa-00.txt
>
>"GSLB" or "stupid dns tricks" is just another dot.com ripoff strategy
>that either adds no value in the average case or reduces reliabiliy in
>the best case or makes the worst case happen more often, or all three.
>
>(and in any case it tends to make IPv6 and EDNS and DNSSEC hard to deploy.)
>--
>Paul Vixie
>

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