[dns-wg] Moneytizing error pages using DNS

On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 15:17 +0300, Kostas Zorbadelos wrote:
> Now, this article also contains opinions on other matters I am not sure
> I support. For example, it also criticizes badly the use of DNS for load
> balancing on the grounds of "DNS was not designed to express
> policy". And what happens when a single machine is not enough to
> accomodate load? Do you employ NAT load balancers? Is this a better
> idea? Having a single "name" for a "service" seems to me like a good
> idea in general.   
> Anyway, long talk, I guess it needs a thread of its own.

Agreed, in particular NAT load balancers either limit the use of IPSEC
in transport mode (which will become viable with ipv6), or will break
horribly when people start using it. From my point of view, DNS seems to
be the best load balancing strategy out there.

Regards,
Rasmus Larsen