On Mon, 2011-07-04 at 07:01 +0900, Randy Bush wrote: > Intended status: Standards Track August 2010 > Expires: February 2, 2011 > IPv6 Subnet Anycast Deprecated > draft-ymbk-no-subnet-anycast-00 > > Abstract > > IPv6 subnet anycast is not used operationally, complicates > implementations, and complicates protocol specifications. The form > of anycast actually used in the Internet is routing-based, and is > essentilly the same as that of IPv4 anycast. Therefore, this > document deprecates IPv6 subnet anycast.
Does this apply to subnet *router* anycast, or just subnet anycast? The two are not quite the same, and the draft doesn't mention RFC4291. I'd agree wholeheartedly with deprecating them both! But this draft expired some months ago - what are its chances? Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687 Old fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156
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