On Friday 06 October 2006 08:05, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] OT - ipkungfu not': > On Friday 6 October 2006 14:32, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > Anycast is virtually unused anywhere. I'd imagine it could be used in > > some crazy layer 3 clustering solution, but I've never actually seen > > it used. > > Actually, ipv6 uses anycasts extensively.
Well, I thought we were limiting discussion to IPv4, but thanks for the info. I didn't know that IPv6 made much use of anycast. (My big hope is that we get wide acceptance of IPv6 multicast.) -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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