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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:36:24 +0100 (CET)
From:      Michiel Boland <boland@diva.nl>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Aliased IPs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812171028030.5340-100000@carmel.diva.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981216172032.21256Y-100000@java.dpcsys.com>

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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Dan Busarow wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, N wrote:
> > I definitely *won't* have any problems when I deplete my assigned IP space
> > and go to RIPE (living in Europe) to request more.  You *will* have
> > trouble getting new space if you've assigned all of your space to web
> > hosts to cater for a very, very tiny minority of people who can be easily
> > taken care of just as easily and almost as transparent in other ways.
> 
> Not true.  ARIN, on this side of the pond, recognizes web sites as
> valid uses of IP space.  Too many services common to web sites
> (ftp, RealAudio/Video, LivePicture ...) require unique IPs for
> virtual hosts.

This argument is not entirely correct. Just because someone needs a unique
number to host realaudio/whatever does not mean that he/she also needs a
unique number for his/her web site. I would be *very* surprised (not to
mention appalled :) if the practice of handing out IP addresses *just* for
virtual HTTP servers is actually condoned by ARIN.

-- 
Michiel Boland <boland@diva.nl>
Digital Valley Internet Professionals
Duivendaal 4, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317 465555, Fax: +31 317 460276


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