Re: Migrating to Verio virtual web hosting: some q's for youse

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From: Malcolm Hoar
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:15

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In article <9p5l20$20s7$1@machaut.medieval.org>, mccomb@medieval.org (Todd Michel McComb) wrote:
>>The standard DNS timeouts are hopelessly long on most if
>>not all platforms, IMO.
>
>I guess I have to disagree.  I actually see web sites, with some
>regularity, which timeout on the first attempt but then resolve on
>the second.

I see that regularly too. In my experience, if the first attempt
doesn't resolve within a few seconds, it never does resolve; it
just times out. But the second attempt will often resolve right
away. I think that makes the case for a shorter timeout.

Actually, a similar effect can be observed with connect(). An
abort and retry will often get you there faster than waiting
for the first attempt to complete. In the case of connect(), I've
assumed that part of the explanation is associated with changed
routes between the attempts (including "router flaps").

-- 
Malcolm Hoar
malch@malch.com
Kant spell Neetchie

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Subject: Re: Migrating to Verio virtual web hosting: some q's for youse
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