An embodiment of the present invention is a system and method for
selecting a mirrored service in a network, such as the Internet, by
utilizing a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) attribute. According to an
embodiment of the present invention, the BGP attribute, which may be
stored in a border router, is accessed for each mirrored service for a
prefix associated with the user requesting a host name. The attributes
from each mirrored service are compared with each other to determine a
"best" attribute which meets a predetermined criteria. The mirrored
service associated with the best attribute is then selected as a
resolution for the host name.