Re: [mif] Server selection document is "band-aid" not solution

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Thu, 17 November 2011 20:39 UTC

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Subject: Re: [mif] Server selection document is "band-aid" not solution
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On Nov 17, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:

> On Nov 17, 2011, at 9:34 PM, "Keith Moore" <moore@network-heretics.com> wrote:
>>> Right, so that's the uniform namespace assumption.   But if you have two routers querying two different sets of servers, this is a non-issue.
>> 
>> Actually, that's not even true.  And to the extent it is true, that is an implementation artifact. 
> 
> Wow, I don't know where my brain was just then.   I meant "resolvers," not "routers."

I just assumed you meant separate data paths, including all of resolvers, routers, network links, etc.

Seriously, dual-facing servers are the implementation artifacts.  It's an accident that they work at all.