At 03:30 PM 10/16/2003, Rodney Joffe wrote:
Bruce Campbell wrote:
[much snipped]
Also, did the query that I'm debugging really go to the same host that I just got the real IP address from?
I believe I covered that in my initial response to Randy which you snipped. I said:
"> Dan Senie has suggest the inclusion of a TXT record with the same data
so that the actual ip address of the actual server that responded to the query that had a problem was available. Certainly more standardized and elegant, but a subject for the WG mailing lists."
The RFCs governing dns do not currently allow for the standard return of any record type in a dns answer that would indicate the ip address of the server being queried. So this valid issue should be addressed, of course through the appropriate process.
I am working on an I-D submission on this topic. One of the advantages of the mechanism I'm writing about is that it'd be applicable to both anycast environments AND to load balancer environments. I don't know if I'll make the I-D cutoff or not. If not, it'll get submitted as soon as the gates reopen.