[Tfug] Web server names

[Bexley Hall]

Hi Zack and Christopher,

On 1/21/2013 5:38 PM, Zack Breckenridge wrote:
> Yes, I think that usually means "Content Distribution Network".
> Akamai, for example, comes to mind. Usually, I think of a CDN as
> serving up larger (though still "static") files from the nearest
> available location to the requesting user. So, obviously there will be
> multiple DNS records associated with a 'cdn' name. Their web server(s)
> will also probably be configured as caching web servers, caching the
> most oft-requested files in memory, etc.

So, it is roughly the WWW equivalent of a 3DNS service?

(Though, of course, there is nothing to guarantee that a "<foo>cdn"
name is actually backed by such a service -- just like "www" doesn't
*guarantee* the host serves web pages!)

Thx,
--don