Geographical dispersal of name servers.

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Martyn Hills <martyn.hills at attbi.com> wrote:

> Is there any real advantage in placing DNS servers at disparate
> geographical locations around the world?

> I have web servers located in the US which are used by customers
> located in the Far East and Australia – Someone suggested that we
> should site DNS servers in those geographic regions to speed up the
> resolution time.

> Perhaps I'm missing something, but I cannot see what would cause a
> Internet user located in Australia to be directed to the name server
> located in that country in preference to one located anywhere else.

> Where should I look for an explination?

p 30 in "Managing DNS and BIND" 4-th edition.




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