[YA] Fwd: Class B Purchase
Hank Nussbacher
hank at ibm.net.il
Wed Oct 7 06:31:02 UTC 1998
At 10:48 PM 10/6/98 -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 07:56:59PM -0400, Kim Hubbard wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> Could you define "legitimately multihomed" please?
>
> I think that a prime example would be a site such as
>progressive networks, cnn (turner), msbnc, or any other high
>traffic site.
>
> They will be multiply connected to major providers,
>but most use some sort of ip director, and all their
>machines sit on the same /24.
>
> Although I don't like the way some of these peoples networks
>are built, they don't have enough machines/servers to justify anything
>more than a /24 or even at most a /22, but still need provider
>independent space as they may show up at regional exchange points.
Been there. Done that. See:
http://www.isoc.org.il/ipnum.html
Requires me to scan Mae-East 4x a year and check whether they are still
multihomed. Can such a method scale? Don't know. -Hank
>
> The best bet for these people in some cases is to go hunt for
>space that is "available", as ARIN and folks won't allocate such space.
>
> Their other option is to sit on the network block of
>one of their providers, but some people do have issues with
>announcing other providers address space (like it's against their
>internal policies).
>
> This would be a semi-justfiable use of a portable block
>less than a /19, would it not?
>
> - Jared
>
>
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