Why do you think MX entries must be domain names and not IP's? Any decent mail agent will not reply to any MX record with a IP address. It's for resilience.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Steven Hartland > Sent: 18 November 2003 13:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam doesnt use DNS to find its resources? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Brooking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 1:25 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam doesnt use DNS to find its resources? > > > >>What does my ISP have to do with valve hard coding addresses? > > > > > > > > > Its picking one of the content servers and sticking with > it if you move > > > one of the others may be a better source. > > > > No, my ISP simply transits traffic, if no DNS lookup is done. > > > > How do I know that? I run the ISP. > > LOL you really dont get it. Content servers are picked on > localisation / > speed. If this is cached and I move ISP's then this information could > now be wrong even if new Content servers are added this could > be invalidated. > > > >>I think youve gone off on your own little tangent. > > > > > > > > > Not really all means that hard coding server details is a > bad idea. > > > > try telling that to a cisco acl > > Not really relavent as the port need to be open to query to servers > as well. So restricting to the ip's of which can vary anyway will just > break things. I hope for your sake your not doing this. > > > Dude, knowing IP's isnt just good, its a requirement, and the > > fundimental principal behind DNS. > > > > I suggest you take your own advice and go read. > > Yes DNS needs to know but that is a central store which can be easily > updated if required. It incorporates good redundancy to help ensure > that the things that you have mentioned are not an issue. So > all in all > none of your arguments for fixed IP's have any benefits that myself > or the others on this list that have responded can see. > > Steve / K > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
