On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:51:09 +0900 Masataka Ohta <mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> wrote:
> Paul Vixie wrote: > > > The purpose I see in this proposal, that cannot be handled by the > > IP layer, is to tell me which anycast instance is seen by some > > recursive name server. All our current diagnostics rely on > > contacting the server itself to see which server answers us. The > > proposal now being discussed allows the DNS control plane to be > > tested. > > Are you saying that end users, not name server operators, diagnose > anycasted name servers? no. > Certainly, you, as an end user, can do so. i think i could diagnose problems reported on my authority server if i could get a recursive name server to tell me which of my anycast instances it is talking to. there may also be some network mapping and measurement benefits to this proposal. -- Paul Vixie _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
