Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on"Well known site local unicast addresses for DNS resolver"

[Alain Durand]

Rob Austein wrote:

>My main objection was and remains that this mechanism, if used, moves
>state away from the endpoints and into the network in a way that
>cripples the resolver's ability to keep track of which of the name
>servers it is using are performing properly, since the binding between
>any particular well-known-address and the name server behind it might
>change at any time and since there is no mechanism by which the
>resolver can find out that such a change has taken place.
>
But isn't this already the case today, at least with some root servers
operating with an anycast address? See RFC3258.

    - Alain.


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