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Netairt: a DNS redirector
Introduction
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Netairt is a module for the Apache Web server. Given a
replicated service (for example a replicated Web server), it
redirects clients to the replica closest to them. It does so by
turning Apache into a DNS server that provides custom responses
to name resolution queries.
Netairt is a part of the Globule Project.
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News
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3rd March 2004:
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Netairt has been
merged into mod-globule. It will not be
maintained separately any more.
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8th July 2003:
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Netairt-0.2 has been released!
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9th July 2002:
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Michal Szymaniak just graduated. His masters thesis was about
the design and implementation of Netairt. You can read his
dissertation here.
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11th June 2002:
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We have a first version running, but it still requires a bit of
work before public release. Stay tuned!
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FAQ
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Why is this project called Netairt? I have no
idea. Michal just likes to call it that way. Ask him if you dare :-)
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Screenshots
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Sorry, but there
is no way we can make a screenshot of a DNS server. But you may
want to try our online demo!
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Download
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Beware: this is a very old, non-maintained
piece of software. Netairt is now part of the Globule software. Globule provides
redirection (of course), as well as sophisticated Web
replication features. But it is also usable as a stand-alone
redirector! We strongly recommend that you use Globule rather
than Netairt.
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NetAirt requires
that the source code of Apache be slightly
modified to support UDP datagrams. We release two versions:
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NetAirt has been tested on Linux only. Try running it on other
systems at your own risks :-)
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You may want to have a look at the installation instructions.
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Project Members
Publications
gpierre@cs.vu.nl
Last modified: Wed Mar 3 15:55:02 2004
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Netairt:
A Flexible Redirection System for Apache. Michal Szymaniak,
Guillaume Pierre and Maarten van Steen. In Proceedings of the
IADIS International Conference on WWW/Internet, Algarve,
Portugal, November 2003.