"geographic" dns-answer

[Yiorgos Adamopoulos]

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 09:44:11PM +0200, Jim Reid wrote:
> Not really. The LOC RR tells you where something is physically
> located. That doesn't translate very well into "near" or "far" in

The original question is:

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:04:38PM +0200, Birgit Schmid wrote:
> hi!
> 
> is there any possibility to give an answer for the nearest server?
> 
> eg i have 2 servers in los angeles and new york and the dns-query gives the
> ip
> of the nearest server...
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> birgit

So, the ``nearest'' server in terms of IP connectivity could be either the
``nearest'' in hop count, or the one with the smaller RTT.  In geographical
terms (which is what I answered) this could be determined via LOC RRs.

So the original questor(sp?) Birgit Schmid, should clarify the question.
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