Fwd: RFC 4116 on IPv4 Multihoming Practices and Limitations

Fri Jul 22 22:28:20 UTC 2005

FYI,

- ferg

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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        RFC 4116

        Title:      IPv4 Multihoming Practices and Limitations
        Author(s):  J. Abley, K. Lindqvist, E. Davies, B. Black,
                    V. Gill
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       July 2005
        Mailbox:    jabley at isc.org, kurtis at kurtis.pp.se,
                    elwynd at dial.pipex.com, ben at layer8.net,
                    vgill at vijaygill.com
        Pages:      13
        Characters: 26598
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-multi6-v4-multihoming-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4116.txt

Multihoming is an essential component of service for many Internet
sites.  This document describes some implementation strategies for
multihoming with IPv4 and enumerates features for comparison with
other multihoming proposals (particularly those related to IPv6).

This document is a product of the Site Multihoming in IPv6 Working
Group of the IETF.

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