[Catalyst] Branding - or path prefix

[samwyse]

On 8/1/05, Matt S Trout <catalyst at trout.me.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 04:00:41PM +0200, Zbyszek Lukasiak wrote:
> > Branding based on hostname has the disadvantage that you need the
> > hostnames.  With it you add unnecessary dependency on the DNS and DNS is
> > quite complicated system. It can take weeks to refresh DNS, while you can
> > change the path instantaneusly.
>
> Bullshit. If you set the TTL low enough DNS changes are fast, and provided
> nobody's accessing a hostname before it's there (in which case you're waiting
> only a few minutes because DNS servers don't tend to cache failures long)
> then the creation of a new hostname is instantaneous.

Actually, TTL is advisory only.  A lot of ISPs ignore TTLs that
are set "too low".

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