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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] IPv6: enable bind() to assign an anycast
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:19:49 -0500 (EST)
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From: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 14:02:02 +0400

> Hello!
> 
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Christoph Paasch
> <christoph.paasch@uclouvain.be> wrote:
>> I don't have strong opinions for or against this patch.
>>
>> I was only involved in the original thread because F-X claimed that
>> draft-iab-anycast-arch-implications (now RFC 7094) allows the use of anycast
>> addresses for TCP, which is not what RFC 7094 is saying. There is no
>> recommendation concerning TCP in the RFC and the situation is rather unclear.
> 
> The same is here.
> 
> Using anycast as source or bind address, why not?
> 
> Use of anycast with TCP? Logically impossible, ergo prohibited.
> If someone wants to play with fire, the option can be left hidden behind
> a sysctl disabled by default.

Agreed.