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Re: ipv6 anycast

On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:55:14 +0200
Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com> wrote:

> >> I use them for my network. RFC5969.
> > 
> > aha!  do you mean
> > 
> > 5.  Troubleshooting and Traceability
> >   ...
> >   The 6rd CE and BR SHOULD support the IPv6 Subnet-Router anycast
> >   address [RFC4291] for its own 6rd delegated prefix.  This allows, for
> >   example, IPv6 ICMP echo messages to be sent to the 6rd virtual
> >   interface itself for additional troubleshooting of the internal
> >   operation of 6rd at a given CE or BR.
> 
> indeed. and note that this makes no requirement that _any_ type of interface has to support this.
> 

Why did you need to clarify that?

Isn't a "6rd virtual interface" an interface?