[address-policy-wg] Policy Change Request - Allow address allocations for anycast DNS operation

On 11 Jun, 2004, at 16:55, Andreas Bäß/Denic wrote:

>>>> Don't you think the policy ought to be more relaxed and allow the
>>>> server manager for the zone to decide how many of their servers they
>>>> want to anycast?
>>>
>>> i think the point intended is that the address space *must* be used
>>> for anycast, and not just another address grab.  yes?
>
>> Well, no one doubts that is the intention here, that is why I 
>> suggested
>> a different wording earlier, so the motivation is clear. My question
>> is, why limit it to anycast one of the servers?
>
> Can you help me and explain what the advantage of offering multiple
> anycast servers in comparison to a single anycast server is?
>

You put your eggs in more baskets.

Joao