On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:06:07 +1000 Karl Auer <ka...@biplane.com.au> wrote:
> 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? > Perhaps we should wait until IPv6 traffic exceeds IPv4's before deciding. With the trivial amount of use that IPv6 currently has, it makes no sense to say history shows it hasn't been useful and should be deprecated. > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
