> > An IPv6 anycast address is indistinguishable from an IPv6 unicast
> > address. As such, any rule prohibiting the use of an anycast address
> > in any location is unenforceable - I have no way to identify an
> > anycast address to apply the rule.
>
> Correct. However, the v6 addressing spec prohibits the use of an
> anycast address from being used as the source address in a datagram, or
> being bound to an interface on a host. These two restrictions
> effectively prohibit the use of anycast as a service distribution
> mechanism.
>
Why was this prohibition was put into the specification?
jak
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