DNS Round Trip Times Method

• No special requirements.

• Convergence time is linear with the number of replicas.

DNS+ nearby

Web server

Local DNS serving

all local clients

Potential replica

Selected replica

Client: Where is www.cs.jhu.edu?

Authoritative DNS: try ns1, ns2, ns3.

ns1

ns2

ns3

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