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Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?

Niall.oReilly+lists@ucd.ie Tue, 20 October 2009 08:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?
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Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Niall.oReilly+lists@ucd.ie wrote:
>>     Don't you mean load scattering (rather than balancing),
>>     or am I missing something?
> 
> Try looking up the A record on a name with three different A records, 
> three different times, and notice how the ordering changes.

	I know. Unless the nameserver has custom policy tuning, I'll
	probably get three different permutations of the records.

	It's quite a leap from there to what you claimed.

Ted Lemon wrote:
 > [...] DNS already
 > specifies a load balancing mechanism for names that return multiple
 > A or AAAA records.

	The online version of the (4th edition of the) "Cricket book"
	points out, "Note that this is really load distribution, not
	load balancing [...]".

	I'm not aware of any DNS-related RFC which "specifies a
	load-balancing mechanism".


	Best regards

	Niall O'Reilly

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