[AfriNIC-rpd] AFPUB-2006-GEN-001 and Anycast

[Mauritz Lewies]

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On 27 Mar 2012, at 8:52, Alan Barrett <apb at cequrux.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Mauritz Lewies wrote:
>> Often Service providers (SaaS, NaaS) have needed IP space to deliver Anycast based services and due to the lack of a stipulation for Anycast have had to fabricate information to meet the criteria.
> 
> It's impossible to "fabricate information to meet the criteria".  If any information associated with your application is fabricated, then your application is not valid.

I don't agree, who checks the information supplied? Eg serial numbers and performance stats of servers? With virtualisation will Afrinic decide if a micro server can run 124 VMs or 2? Will I really run 8 netflow collectors in VM? So then who decides if my application is not valid?

> 
>> Thus I suggest that the policy be amended to include "d) Provide a technically sound Anycast design."
> 
> What exactly is the problem here?  Can you give real or theoretical examples of technically sound Anycast designs that do not meet the existing criteria?

Any NaaS or SaaS provider that is limited to deploying IP based services (i.e. Not DNS or Appliance based) will likely need Anycast.
Redundancy via cloud-based systems will involve deploying an Anycast based model. 
One example would be to deploy servers in DCs in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, Anycast will allow for redundancy and proximity to services.

Example:
1. Various African ISPs do not allow core routing/switching platforms to make use of DNS lookups. How will you provide redundancy for syslog/snmp traps/VTY ACLs/AAA//DNS SEC, Auth and cache etc etc if you were a SaaS provider of these platforms?



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