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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2008
Arne Josefsberg, Medina, WA (US);
John D Dunagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark D. Scheibel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alastair Wolman, Seattle, WA (US);
Arne Josefsberg, Medina, WA (US);
John D Dunagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark D. Scheibel, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alastair Wolman, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes booting a computing device, in response to the booting, accessing a file that includes domain names and resolving at least one of the domain names by issuing a request to a server where the resolving occurs as a background process. An exemplary method includes receiving a notice to invalidate client DNS resolver cache information for a domain name, accessing a list of client subscribers to an invalidation service for the domain name and issuing an instruction to the client subscribers to invalidate their respective client DNS resolver cache information for the domain name. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to resolve a domain name, resolving the domain name and transmitting information for the resolved domain name and additional information for at least one other domain name. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.