> > I have a hard time seeing anycast TCP used in the global network or > > beyond selected applications in local networks. That being > the case, > > requiring that the client hosts to support MIPv6 route optimisation > > (with some tweaks) should not be that big a deal. > > > > One of the big issues is just how will anycast be used. We > know it can be used for resource discovery, but what else? > > My opinion is that if we can get anycast and TCP to work > nicely together, other apps may take advantage of the feature.
I could imagine a few uses: - Old fashioned download servers. I think those big hosting companies like Conxion and Inktomi would be happy to see TCP to work together with anycast. - Mirrored webservers - IRC networks (putting all IRC servers into one anycast group) -mg -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
