Re: The state of IPv6 multihoming development

[Shane Kerr <shane@ripe.net>]

On 2002-10-24 00:03:06 -0400, J. Noel Chiappa wrote:
> 
> Two points. First, Craig Huegen seems to think that any solution
> involving multiple addresses is infeasible for a large organization.
> What's your reply to him?

Even if he's right, I think he's wrong to argue against end-point
solutions based on multiple addresses.  Given the current
understanding of the problem and the approaches that have been
outlined, doesn't it seem like wishful thinking to want One True
Multihoming strategy?  For small sites, binding multiple PA addresses
into a single end-point seems like a straightforward, cheap, and
effective solution.

I'm not even 100% sure he's correct that multihoming needs to be in
the network in order to do traffic engineering.  At least, I can
envision end-site solutions that solve some (simple) classes of
traffic engineering requirements.  :)

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Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC