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Re: IPv6 Anycast has been killed by LINUX patch in 2016 - who cares?

Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Tue, 10 August 2021 03:26 UTC

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Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 23:26:25 -0400
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net>
Cc: Warren Kumari <warren@kumari.net>, Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com>, 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>, IETF discussion list <ietf@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: IPv6 Anycast has been killed by LINUX patch in 2016 - who cares?
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On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 10:04:45PM +0200, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> Hi Warren,
> 
> There are dire proclamations that IPv6 TCP anycast cannot work....
> >
> 
> Maybe I missed it but I do not recall anyone said this here.

How about the orignal message which kicked off this entire thread?
Including the hyperbolic subject line:

*** IPv6 Anycast has been killed by LINUX patch in 2016 - who cares? ***

    	 	     	  	    	  - Ted

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