Re: server redirects by client domain


Message-ID: red-63-msg951220193256MTP[01.51.00]000000b1-46659

There were similar ideas (although not entirely the same) about 9 
months ago floated out there.  the response was most felt that DNS 
services should stay away from too many extensions to support 
individual services.  Mail is obviously a notable exception, but the 
idea of modifying DNS's service to support such ideas as this was not 
seen as appropriate.  Just passing this along, not necessarily endorsing.

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| From: Shel Kaphan  <sjk@amazon.com>
| David Robinson writes:
|  > >From: Martin Hamilton <martin@mrrl.lut.ac.uk>
|  > >
|  > >I was just wondering whether there are any HTTP servers out there
|  > >which let the server admin configure redirects based on the
|  > >client's domain name.
| 	...
|
|  > Whilst this may be the best that one can do with current protocols, it
|  > seems to approach the problem from the angle.
|  >
|  > Rather than trying to force the client to use the server that you think
|  > would be best for it, it would seem better to provide data to allow the
|  > client to choose.
| 	...
|  >
|  >  David Robinson.
|  >
|
| I'm going to float this idea because I thought of it, not necessarily
| because I have thought it through  . . . wouldn't this be the kind of
| thing it would be nice if DNS could do for you?  There's already a
| round-robin feature in it which some people use for load balancing.
| Letting people pick a mirror site without having to make an HTTP
| connection at all seems like a related feature.
|
| --Shel Kaphan
|

Received on Wednesday, 20 December 1995 14:34:14 UTC