RE: [kNT] akamai

[Emanuele Parravicini <parravic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nick,

I'm studying about CDNs, I read some IETF drafts, but I have some confused
ideas...
I know that one way to implement Reaquest-Routing System is to use an 

> "intelligent" DNS system

and I know that Akamai use this technique... but I don't understand the
exact process that guide a request from a client to one of the surrogates.

Which role does the DNS play in the process?
Is the static html page requested to the origin server or to one surrogate?
How is a static html page converted in an "akamaized" one with references to
surrogates?

Can you use an example with fictitious hosts, names, and so on?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Emanuele