Re: Problem with Example15

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not wacky at all.  They give out different IP addresses in order to 
balance the load over multiple networks -- remember CNN has to handle 
millions of requests.

They probably hire Google to help them manage the load, with having 
different servers in strategic locations, etc.

What's wacky is using IP addresses.  Not a valid way to do it.  Use DNS 
-- that's what it's for.


On 8/9/2010 5:07 PM, Mike Krebs wrote:
> Over about 10 minutes, I received 3 different IP addresses for
> rss.cnn.com -- some of which resolved to google addresses? They must
> use some kind of dynamic addressing for these servers and maybe
> virtual servers (which may need the name to distinguish the exact
> request). In no case could I read the rss/cnn_topstories.rss via IP
> address. Not sure what is going on, but it is kind of whacky and you
> are not alone having a problem with it.
>
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