In message <4e307a5c.9070...@library.ucla.edu>, Gloria Rom writes: > On 07/26/11 07:23, Paul Reilly wrote: > > Is there a simple utility, which can ICMP ping or HTTP ping a host, and > > update the hosts DNS entry if the host is down?
Ping + nsupdate can do this. Note if you applications are properly written they can cope with a host being down. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-v6ops-happy-eyeballs-03 is all about fixing applications to do just that. Google Crome and Firefix already implement versions of this. > Will a significant number of your users have locally cached the > out-of-date entry? -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
