So, why didn't you tell us GSLB didn't work?!

[PT]

Oh, never mind, you _did_ tell us, we just didn't want to hear it! . After a
quick search, I discovered that you DNS gurus have known about this problem
for years. As for us load-balancing weenies, it rocks our little boat. How
embarrassing!

http://www.tenereillo.com/GSLBPageOfShame.htm

Pete.

[Paul Vixie]

> http://www.tenereillo.com/GSLBPageOfShame.htm

that's a great article. see also:

http://ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.2002/msg02168.html
http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0302/ppt/suzanne.pdf
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dnsop-misbehavior-against-aaaa-00.txt

"GSLB" or "stupid dns tricks" is just another dot.com ripoff strategy
that either adds no value in the average case or reduces reliabiliy in
the best case or makes the worst case happen more often, or all three.

(and in any case it tends to make IPv6 and EDNS and DNSSEC hard to deploy.)
--
Paul Vixie