[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know if such ISPs still exist, but when we started Anycast, it > was reported that some ISPs did per-packet load balancing.
If they do that they will utterly wreck the performance of unicast TCP, which generally does not cope well with out-of-order packets. > The root zone grows over time in almost monotonous manner and longer TCP > sessions (especially over narrow bandwidth circuits) could break due to > routing change. That's also true for unicast TCP since BGP's typical convergence times are not much longer than TCP connection timeouts. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ North Fisher: Easterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later. Rough or very rough. Rain or snow. Moderate, occasionally very poor. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
