[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Those few who have been promoting the idea of anycast DNS were found to be
> > wrong in their assumptions. See previous discussion on the subject in the
> > archives.
>
> Yes, please do see previous discussions. Many of us operate anycast
> DNS without problems, and we are aware of the possible problems with
> per-packet load-balancing.
It's also important to differentiate between anycast issues (BGP-based
load balancing, if you like) and site balancing issues (which need to
be done in a connection-consistent way).
Many people mix this (I did, too, in my first design papers).
Elmar.
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