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... cases a Canonical Name (CNAME) or Address (A) record pointer is used
to indicate the host or hosts ...
... There is no requirement that the domain name resolve to an IP address
or addresses. There is no requirement ...
... domain name resolve to an IP address
or addresses. There is no requirement that a host be listening for
...
... round-robin" feature
which causes the host's IP addresses to be returned in a different
order each time the address is looked up.
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... starting to appear which, when they encounter a
host with multiple addresses, use heuristics to determine the address
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... host with multiple addresses, use heuristics to determine the address
to contact - e.g. picking the one which has the shortest round-trip-
...
... round-trip-
time. Thus, if a server is mirrored (replicated) at a number of
locations, it may be desirable to list the IP addresses of the mirror
servers as A records of the primary server. This is only likely to
...
... Directory Information Tree in order
to have a meaningful dialogue with the server. This document does
not attempt to address this problem.
...
... Spoofing may take the form of denial of
service, such as directing of the client to a non-existent address,
or a passive attack such as an intruder's server which masquerades as
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... Authors' Addresses ...