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[VANILLA-L:956] Re: Metaserver Replication
Carlos Y. Villalpando wrote:
> > c) continue to use just ONE metaserver for key distribution,
> Good. But that might kill the round-robin DNS idea unless the
> servers grab it from the non-netrek.org domain name.
Servers only fetch the key file once a day, and can cope with missing it
for weeks. So I guess it should not matter much.
I think coding in a timeout and fallback in the client for metaserver
connection should be the way to go in the long run.
In fact, maybe it's time to code in a UDP client to metaserver query
protocol ...
a) send a query packet to every metaserver,
b) wait for responses and grow server list on screen.
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James Cameron (james.cameron@digital.com)
Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) Pty. Ltd. A.C.N. 000 446 800
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