Re: check Availability before sending response

2008-12-03 Thread Ken DBA
--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Kevin Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Kevin Darcy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: check Availability before sending response > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 9:36 AM > Ken DBA wrote: > > Hello, >

Re: check Availability before sending response

2008-12-03 Thread Kevin Darcy
Ken DBA wrote: Hello, Is there any way to make Bind check the server's availability before send back responses to clients? ie, given the domain name www.site.com was pointed to 1.1.1.1 and 2.2.2.2 in Bind. When a client query for www.site.com, Bind will check the health status for these two

Re: check Availability before sending response

2008-12-03 Thread John Wobus
3DNSs sold because this is a messy function, that needs to know details of whichever application protocol your setup uses. I would think someone has developed an open-source bind add-on to do it, but I don't know any off-hand. Given a specific simple situation and specific server failure modes

Re: check Availability before sending response

2008-12-03 Thread Sam Wilson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:53:43PM +0800, > Ken DBA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > a message of 21 lines which said: > > > ie, given the domain name www.site.com was pointed to 1.1.1.1 and > > 2.2.2.2 in Bind. When

Re: check Availability before sending response

2008-12-03 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:53:43PM +0800, Ken DBA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 21 lines which said: > ie, given the domain name www.site.com was pointed to 1.1.1.1 and > 2.2.2.2 in Bind. When a client query for www.site.com, Bind will > check the health status for these two servers.