'Today' considers data retention and IMP

[Andrew Bangs]

--- On Mon, 12/1/09, Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote:
>=20
> AFAIK, DNS is not context-aware, so no matter where you
> type
> 'mail.google.com' you will always get a bunch of
> addresses from the
> same address pool.=20

I doubt I will be the first person to respond to say that DNS can be contex=
t-aware in exactly this way. As well as DNS servers being able to give resp=
onses based on where you are (typically based on what your IP address is) y=
ou aren't even guaranteed to have your DNS query answered by the same names=
erver if you make queries from different locations.


> My ping times are ~38ms to them, and
> their address
> space shows up straight after the LINX hop. When you type
> your
> credentials in, Google has no idea where your country of
> residence is
> (I could live in the UK and be using Google in the States,
> for
> example).=20

Google would know what IP address you are connecting from, and from there t=
hey could infer where you are to a reasonable degree. See "Geolocation".

You also shouldn't assume that the same query to a search engine will retur=
n the same results from different locations in different countries, possibl=
y for this reason.


--=20
Andrew Bangs=0A=0A=0A