to lookup and not to lookup?

Michael Kjorling michael at kjorling.com
Sun Sep 2 08:43:09 UTC 2001


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On Sep 2 2001 00:47 +0100, Simon Waters wrote:

> Michael Kjorling wrote:
> >
> > This is Microsoft's problem.
>
> Sorry I'm not clear why you think this?
>
> The server is switching to another name server as a question
> went unanswered. It doesn't switch back till another failure
> occurs. Whilst not ideal, this is a common fail over strategy in
> computing, returning quickly to a failed systems is often not a
> good design decision.
>
> As it happens the Linux stub resolver works better in this case,
> but whilst the RFC's recommend an approach closer to the
> Linux/Unix approach, they don't as far as I know mandate it.

Please, don't cut things out of their context. Futher down I also
mentioned that it was Microsoft's phrasing which is the real problem
as it leads people to belive that the servers are used in a different
way than they actually are.


Michael Kjörling

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