* Simon Perreault <si...@per.reau.lt> [2014-04-29 16:05]: > Le 2014-04-29 09:55, Henning Brauer a écrit : > >> Wouldn't it be better if libasr would run A and AAAA requests in > >> parallel? Whichever response arrives first "wins". > > no, since that gives extremely unpredictable results. > > How about this then: > > - Run both requests in parallel. > - When one response is received, start a short timer (e.g. 200ms or so). > - If the second response is received before the timer expires, sort and > return the results as usual. > - Otherwise, kill the second request and return what you have.
that could work, of course. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services GmbH, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services. Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/
