On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, lincoln dale wrote:
Your missing what I said. What if the cache continues sending WCCP packets, but the cache itself has died?
i don't think i am -- i would assume that the cache design would perform suitable sanity checks prior to sending out a heartbeat. if the design is sound, the cache would not be capable of sending out WCCP packets if it has 'died' in some way.
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