On Tuesday 15 June 2004 4:35 pm, Damian Menscher wrote:
> > The primary reason database.clamav.net was split into several regional
> > zones was to avoid gigantic DNS reply, which would require TCP instead
> > of UDP. Instead of returning all mirror IP addressess, it returns only
> > several addressess "closest" to you (based on your IP region).
>
> Would someone mind explaining how it knows what region each IP address
> should be in? I'm guessing it's just something simple, like having the
> top-level mirrors point different places in different regions, so it
> depends who you peer off of?
My guess is that it's based on split DNS - multiple views, so you get
different answers depending on where (in IP address space) you're asking the
question from.
However, I didn't set up the system, so I don't know this - it's just the way
I'd do it if I had to set up something similar.
Regards,
Antony.
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