[ih] IPv8...

[John Kristoff]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:02:11 -0600
Craig Partridge via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>
wrote:

> As one of the co-inventors of anycast,

Is IETF RFC 1546 the first documented use, and I presumably the
co-authors on that document are the co-inventors?

Rodney Joffe, once claimed to me, although I may be misrepresenting
what he said, it was a long time ago, that he was the first to do
anycast. I don't think he said he invented it, but for awhile that is
the impression I had.  Later when I talked to Woody about this, he said
he was the first. My assumption now is that Bill was the first to deploy
it and Rodney was the first to "commercialize" it (via UltraDNS).
Unless someone cares to suggest otherwise of course.

John