Squeezing IPs out of ARIN

Kenneth McRae kenneth.mcrae at dreamhost.com
Wed Apr 25 15:46:09 UTC 2012


I have never provided the names of end users..  How the address space would
be utilized?  Definitely..  But not the names of end users...

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> There is not a new policy added on to prevent hoarding. What is required
> is what
> has been required for several years. Utilization information and proper
> justification.
>
> If you are seeking an ISP allocation, then, reassignment (customer)
> information is
> in fact part of that utilization information.
>
> Owen
>
> On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Kenneth McRae wrote:
>
> > Negative..  I have never had to provide end user information.  I have
> been
> > required to provide utilization information.  I am sure this "policy" is
> > and add-on to make it more difficult to prevent hoarding..
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <jof at thejof.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:32 AM,  <admin at thecpaneladmin.com> wrote:
> >>> Anyone have any tips for getting IPs from ARIN? For an end-user
> >> allocation
> >>> they are requesting that we provide customer names for existing
> >> allocations,
> >>> which is information that will take a while to obtain. They are
> insisting
> >>> that this is standard process and something that everyone does when
> >>> requesting IPs.  Has anyone actually had to do this?
> >>
> >> Indeed. It's worked this way for a long time.
> >>
> >> When starting a new organization, there's a bit of a chicken and egg
> >> problem with IP space. If anyone could get IP space just for asking
> >> for it, it would have been consumed too quickly. So, organizations
> >> must first get some space assigned to them from an upstream provider
> >> and begin using it.
> >> At some point the current usage and growth rate of the assigned space
> >> will justify a direct allocation.
> >>
> >> Then, you can renumber into your new space and be totally independent.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> jof
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Kenneth McRae
> > *Sr. Network Engineer*
> > kenneth.mcrae at dreamhost.com
> > Ph: 323-375-3814
> > www.dreamhost.com
>
>


-- 
Best Regards,



Kenneth McRae
*Sr. Network Engineer*
kenneth.mcrae at dreamhost.com
Ph: 323-375-3814
www.dreamhost.com



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