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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
