Mode of operation on positive cache miss

britram / rains-prototype

draft-trammell-rains-protocol: RAINS, Another Internet Naming System

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Closed fehlmach closed 6 years ago

fehlmach commented 6 years ago

Add 3 query options for

always do recursive lookup
check in neg cache and on hit, send update query and inform client about possible neg result
on neg cache hit, send cached answer back (might be inconsistent)

A server can be configured to use all or only some of them. Maybe dependent on the current load it has.