Wietse Venema:
> Victor Duchovni:
> > Because I am not thinking about normal loads that don't matter. One
> > needs to survive hostile loads.
> >
> > > > LDAP tables are supported and not discouraged, but high volume sites
> > > > may want to dedicate some LDAP replicas to MTA queries.
> > >
> > > I'm not discouraging anyone from using LDAP queries. I merely made the
> > > case that many times RAV is a better choice, and stated some reasons why.
> >
> > The reasons are not valid under hostile conditions.
>
> Stan, if your server is connected to the internet, then your worst
> case will become your common case.
>
> Therefore it is a mistake to optimize the common case.
That should be: it is a mistake to optimize the common case only.
One word was lost in word smithing.
Wietse
