Re: .ORG problems this evening

TV> BGP doesn't know when a DNS server dies. Therein lies the TV> findamental problem of using anycast as an application TV> redundancy scheme.

But it can and should. Again, seeing if the process is running is easy; verifying correct functionality requires more work, but definitely is doable.

Eddy --

Ick. you really believe that BGP can or should be augmented to understand application "liveness"? BGP reaching past the router, running a "ps -augx" and then performing applications specific tricks? I guess that when all you have/understand is a hammer, everything becomes a nail. Wait... Its a joke! you just forgot the :) --bill