Re: Anycast support in draft-ietf-ipv6-addr-arch-v4-02.txt

[Rob Austein <sra at isc.org>]

At Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:33:45 -0700, Bob Hinden wrote:
> ...
> The proposal is then to remove the following text from the end of Section 
> 2.6 the document:
> 
>     There is little experience with widespread, arbitrary use of Internet
>     anycast addresses, and some known complications and hazards when
>     using them in their full generality [ANYCST].  Until more experience
>     has been gained and solutions are specified, the following
>     restrictions are imposed on IPv6 anycast addresses:
> 
>        o An anycast address must not be used as the source address of an
>          IPv6 packet.
> 
>        o An anycast address must not be assigned to an IPv6 host, that
>          is, it may be assigned to an IPv6 router only.
> 
> This would mean we would not try to describe the general issues with 
> anycast usage in the document.  I agree this makes sense because the issues 
> are not specific to IPv6, there is now a body of experience with anycast 
> usage, and the GROW working group is working in this area.
> 
> Is everyone else OK with this proposed change?

For the record, I agree with this change.

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