Hi Chris,
I don't know if these ideas (http://david.weekly.org/writings/mirror.php3) will be interesting enough for you to follow up on. This could could be a good start in the direction of the problem at hand. Do the research!
- Ses'
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From: "Mark Tinka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "'Christopher Nambale'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: lug_: RE: Members/Site Access
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:09:53 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Isn't there a way of 'rigging' DNS servers to answer queries based
> on the requesting source's IP address. I think this would be a more
> elegant solution to the location issue though I do not know how
> involving and scalable it would be.
>
> CN
Chris, I believe the immediate would be round-robining. But that wouldn't be
what we are looking for. I believe it's possible to build some techniques
that can handle this at the DNS level, but since the Internet has no
boundaries, aside from specifically having knowledge of all networks in a
community, how do you tell DNS [and all the world's DNS servers] that X
ISP's address space is in Beirut and not China?
The guys at Akamai do some good stuff for Yahoo!, but it's more like load
balancing than path choice. But, I believe there is a solution for it, no
doubt.
What I have seen on several websites with global presence, [automobile
sites, e.t.c], access is divided across regions and/or countries.
If anyone else has any other ideas, we'd appreciate them
Regards,
Mark Tinka - CCNA
Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda
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