[ipv6-wg] New version (or followup) of RIPE-501 document...

On 6/21/11 9:34 AM, Ivan Pepelnjak wrote:
>> There must be better ways to address the problem in an IPv6
>> environment with L4 termination or L7 application layer proxies
>> coming to mind.
>
> I guess not many ops-focused people have the luxury to care.
> Regardless of how you do it, you lose end-to-end connectivity and
> some visibility (the latter is BTW mandated by some standards like
> PCI).
>
>> For me however, for a load balanced service, the requirement is one
>> name in the DNS and not a single IP (v4 or v6) address.
>
> In a perfect world with perfectly architected and implemented TCP
> stacks and no security issues mandating browser DNS pinning, you're
> absolutely correct.
>
> In the imperfect world we have to live in, you usually stop fighting
> the windmills and use a single IP address if you have to get enough
> nines.
>
> Ivan
>

Pragatism as paradigm. I like that.

BTW, do we have any LB vendor on the list with some useful suggestion?

Cheers, /jan