Fail over using DNS / Bind 4.9.7-1 (QID 2855)

[James Maes]

So there is not "Easy" way to do with within DNS.  Could it be done in
conjuction with Net::DNS in perl or any of the c routines



Kevin Darcy wrote:





> 
> Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> > In article <389B2F8B.4369654F at sportingnews.com>,
> > James Maes  <jmaes at sportingnews.com> wrote:
> > >but if ps1 DIES, then the same call need to redirect to ps2
> >
> > A Cisco Local Director can do this.
> 
> Alternatively, if the client software has fallback intelligence already built-in,
> define a "fixed" rrset-order for the name on *all* of your nameservers, assuming
> they are BIND 8.2 or above.
> 
> - Kevin

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James Maes
Unix/Database Programmer
jmaes at sportingnews.com
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