[dns-wg] Moneytizing error pages using DNS

Rasmus Larsen <rwl at tele.gl> writes:

> On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 15:17 +0300, Kostas Zorbadelos wrote:

I don't know where it is best to start a discussion for this but I admit
that load balancing interests me.

>> Now, this article also contains opinions on other matters I am not sure
>> I support. For example, it also criticizes badly the use of DNS for load
>> balancing on the grounds of "DNS was not designed to express
>> policy". And what happens when a single machine is not enough to
>> accomodate load? Do you employ NAT load balancers? Is this a better
>> idea? Having a single "name" for a "service" seems to me like a good
>> idea in general.   
>> Anyway, long talk, I guess it needs a thread of its own.
>
> Agreed, in particular NAT load balancers either limit the use of IPSEC
> in transport mode (which will become viable with ipv6), or will break
> horribly when people start using it. From my point of view, DNS seems to
> be the best load balancing strategy out there.
>

This is a drawback in NAT load balancers I hadn't considered. Nice to 
know. Generally speaking, load balancing can be addressed either at the
DNS or the routing layer. I am not aware of a "universal and clean"
solution that would fit all purposes. An extra interesting thing is what
will be used in IPv6 environments (which is a question posed also in the
v6 WG in regards to RIPE 501)

> Regards,
> Rasmus Larsen
>

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