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The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting a service in a network, such as the Internet. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user, such as a network administrator, may configure the system and method of the present invention to determine a "best" service ba

The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting a service in a network, such as the Internet. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user, such as a network administrator, may configure the system and method of the present invention to determine a "best" service based on a user configured metric. Examples of user configured metrics include director response protocol (DRP) external metrics, DRP internal metrics, DRP server metrics, DRP multi-exit discriminator (MED), and DRP round trip time (RTT). Metric information is herein meant to include any criteria used to select a "best" service. Examples of metric information include portion, random, and administrative costs, as well as DRP external metrics, DRP internal metrics, DRP server, DRP MED, and DRP RTT. The service associated with the best metric information is then selected as a resolution for the requested host name.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for selecting a service in a network environment, comprising:selecting at least one of a plurality of classes of metric information, resulting in a selected class, wherein the plurality of classes of metric information includes a multi-exit discriminator (MED);

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for selecting a service in a network environment, comprising:selecting at least one of a plurality of classes of metric information, resulting in a selected class, wherein the plurality of classes of metric information includes a multi-exit discriminator (MED);providing a first one of the selected class and a second one of the selected class;comparing the first one of the selected class with the second one of the selected class;selecting one of the first one of the selected class and the second one of the selected class, resulting in a selected result; andselecting a service associated with the selected result.